The Evolution of the Mousie Cookie

My Mom started having us make Mousie Cookies every Christmas years and years ago. It's become an annual tradition!

We've experimented a few times (replacing the currant eyes that the recipe calls for with icing, and the red hot candy that it calls for with icing) and today we tried yet another change. We cut up tiny pieces of black licorice for the eyes, and we think we've found a winner!

Here's the evolution of the Mousie Cookie:


Mom and Sis forming the dough


licorice eyes and peanut ears


Baking in the oven


the red licorice tail is added right after the mousies come out of the oven


cooling on the rack


Mom adds the red frosting noses


an army of mousie cookies!


packed up and ready to go to their new homes!