Bear Paw Cookies

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup chocolate flavored syrup
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/3 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup milk
• peanuts, halves or cashews

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 2 blend in chocolate syrup.
• 3 add eggs one at a time, beating well after each.
• 4 blend in vanilla.
• 5 combine flour, powder and salt.
• 6 add dry ingredients alternately with milk to chocolate mixture, beating well.
• 7 cover and chill one hour.
• 8 drop batter by heaping teaspoonsful onto a greased baking sheet.
• 9 press 4 peanut halves or cashews into each cookie, to resemble a bear's paw.
• 10 bake at 375* for 10 to 12 minutes or until center springs back when lightly touched.
• 11 cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes and transfer to wire rack to cool completely.