Busters Recipes

Merry Mushroom Cookies

3 tablespoon butter/margarine
softened
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup honey heated and cooled
to lukewarm
2 cup all purpose flour
2 tablespoon lemon flavored
instant tea powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Whit and chocolate icings

In large bowl, blend butter with sugar until light and
fluffy' beat in egg and honey. In medium bowl, combine
flour, instant tea, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, ginger,
and nutmeg. Gradually add to butter mixture, blending well
after each addition. Chill at least 1 hour. Preheat oven
to 350 degrees. Shape 1/3 dough into mushroom-like stems 1/
4 inch in diameter and 1/1/2 inch long; shape remaining
dough into an equal numnber of 1 inch balls. With thumb,
indent one side of each ball to form a mushroom like cap.
Place balls, rounded side up, and stems on greased cookie
sheets and bake 10 minutes. Cool completely on wire racks.
To assemble, dip one end of stem into white icing and fit
into indentation of cap; allow icing to set. COat stem and
underside of cap with white icing, then top of cap with
chocolate icing.
WHITE ICING: In small bowl, blend 2 1/2 cups powdered
sugar with 3-4 tablespoon milk.
CHOCOLATE ICING: In a small bowl, blend 2 cups powdered
sugar, 1 tablespoon cocoa and 2-3 tablespoon milk.