Black Cat Cookies

1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
3 tsps vanilla
3 cups all purpose flour
1 cup baking cocoa
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
48 candy corn candies
24 red hot candies or red M&Ms

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.  Beat in eggs and vanilla.  Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture.  Roll dough into 1-1/2 inch balls.  Place 3 inches apart on lightly greased baking sheet.

Flatten with a glass dipped in sugar.  (May need to moisten the glass bottom first)  Pinch top of cookie to form ears.  For whiskers, press a fork twice into each cookie.  Bake at 350 degrees for 10 - 12 minutes or until cookies are set.  Remove from the oven and immediately press on candy corn for eyes and red hots or M&Ms for noses.  Remove to wire racks to cool.  Makes 2 dozen

I have to say that I expected a lot more from these cookies.  It takes a little patience to make them and frankly I wouldn't make them unless you are baking them for a class party for small children.  I've baked a lot of home made cookies in my day and having done so, my bunch expects a great tasting cookie.  These are on the bland side if you ask me.  I used cinnamon sugar on my cookies instead of regular hoping that it would improve the taste but it didn't.  If you were making these cookies in your own kitchen with small children then it would be a fun fall project to do together but I wouldn't make these and serve them to adults who are use to cookies with some sort of chips added in.  On a scale of 1 - 10 I give these a 4.  :(