Bumblebees
A Betty Crocker betty-crocker-cookies recipe for Bumblebees.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1 egg
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 8 dozen pretzel twists
- 8 dozen pretzel sticks
Instructions
- 1
Beat peanut butter, shortening, brown sugar, honey and egg in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon.
- 2
Stir in flour, baking soda and baking powder.
- 3
Cover dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm.
- 4
Heat oven to 350º.
- 5
Shape dough into 1-inch balls (dough will be slightly sticky). For each cookie, place 2 pretzel twists side by side with the bottoms touching on ungreased cookie sheet. Place 1 ball of dough on center, and flatten slightly.
- 6
Break 2 pretzel sticks in half. Gently press 3 pretzel stick halves into dough for stripes on bee.
- 7
Break fourth pretzel piece in half. Poke pieces into 1 end of dough for antennae.
- 8
Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until light golden brown.
- 9
Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.