Owl Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups candy coated milk chocolate pieces
• 2 tablespoons milk

• 1 (24 ounce) box of dry sugar cookie mix
• 1 cup cashews, salted
• Skor English toffee bits, and crushed cornflakes*

Directions

1. 1

   Combine 3/4 cup of the candies with the milk in a small saucepan. Set the remainder of candies aside. Melt over low heat, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat.

2. 2

   Prepare cookie mix according to package directions. Stir melted chocolate into half of the dough, setting the other half of dough aside.

3. 3

   Form the chocolate half of the dough into two 12" long rolls, about 1" in diameter. Wrap each in waxed apper. Chill until firm, about 2 hours.

4. 4

   Divide the plain half of the dough in half. On a well-floured surface, roll each plain half out into a 12" X 6" rectangle. Place a chocolate roll on the long edge. Roll up, pressing dough tightly together, so that the plain dough encases the chocolate dough roll.

5. 5

   Repeat this process once again with the remaining dough. Wrap each roll in waxed paper. Chill another 2 hours, or until firm.

6. 6

   Preheat oven to 325°F Cut each roll into 1/4" slices. Place 2 slices so that they are touching side by side, with a slight overlap (not stacked one atop the other) on a greased baking sheet. In the center of each chocolate circle, place one of the remaining candies for the eye. Where the slices touch, place a cashew to form the beak. Sprinke a few pinches of the Skor-flake mixture evenly over the surface of each cookie.

7. 7

   Bake until the plain cookie part looks lightly browned, about 8-10 minutes. Cool cookies on baking sheets 2-3 minutes. Remove and cool on wire racks.

8. 8

   *I recommend not using pre-packaged cornflake crumbs and Skor bits, Instead, get a couple of Skor bars and the regular cornflakes cereal, then and lightly crush them in a paper bag using a meat mallet or a rolling pin. You don't want them powdered into oblivion, the effect you are going for is more of a "flake" texture for creating the effect of feathers. Then mix the two together and set aside in a small bowl.