Halloween Mummy Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    2/3 cup butter, softened
    1 cup white sugar
    2 eggs
    2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
    1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
    1/4 teaspoon baking soda
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    2 (11 ounce) packages white chocolate chips, or as needed
    1 1/2 tablespoons solid vegetable shortening, or as needed
    miniature chocolate chips
Preparation
    Beat butter and sugar with electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Mix in eggs one at a time, beating the first egg in until fully incorporated before adding the second. Stir in vanilla extract.
    Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl; stir into butter mixture. Shape dough into a log and wrap with waxed paper, parchment, or plastic wrap. Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
    Slice pieces off the log and shape them into narrow wedges about 3 inches long. Set cookies on baking tray. Cut more slices and pull off teaspoon-sized pieces and roll into balls; flatten and press balls onto wide ends of wedges for the mummies' \"heads.\"
    Bake in preheated until cookies are set and edges are dry, about 8 minutes. Let cool in pan for 1 minute; remove to wire rack to cool completely.
    Combine white chocolate chips with vegetable shortening in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat in microwave on low until melted, 1 to 2 minutes, stirring every 20 seconds, until coating is warm and smooth. Coat the tops of each cookie with melted white chocolate using a small spatula or butter knife. Reheat white chocolate mixture in microwave for a few seconds and stir again if it becomes too thick to work with. Repeat coating remaining cookies with white chocolate.
    Use a toothpick to score lines for \"bandages\" on each cookie, and place mini chocolate chips on the mummy heads for eyes.

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