Chocolate Icicle Cookies

Total Time: 4 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 4 hrs 40 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1 cup chocolate chips, melted and cooled
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• edible glitter (optional) or decorator sugar (optional)

Recipe

• 1 mix sugar, butter, milk, vanilla, egg and melted chips in a large bowl with a spoon till creamy. stir in flour, baking powder and salt. cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours until chilled.
• 2 heat oven to 375°f for each cookie, divide 1 round teaspoons of dough in half. roll each half into a 5" rope, tapering the ends. twist the ropes together. place 2" apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• 3 to hang icicles, poke a hole in the top of each cookie with a toothpick. bake 5-7 minutes or until set and very light brown. cool 2 minutes. remove from cookie sheet to a wire rack. cool completely.
• 4 brush with glaze (mix all glaze ingredients until smooth or of desired brushing consistency. add more milk, a few drops at a time if necessary) and sprinkle with glitter or sugar. thread string through the hole in each cookie to hang if desired.