Bumblebees

Instructions

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   Beat peanut butter, shortening, brown sugar, honey and egg in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, baking soda and baking powder. Cover dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm. Heat oven to 350º. Shape dough into 1-inch balls (dough will be slightly sticky). For each cookie, place 2 pretzel twists side by side with the bottoms (the bottom comes to a rounded point, similar to the bottom of a heart shape ) touching on ungreased cookie sheet. Place 1 ball of dough on center, and flatten slightly. Break 2 pretzel sticks in half. Gently press 3 pretzel stick halves into dough for stripes on bee. Break fourth pretzel Page 18 piece in half. Poke pieces into 1 end of dough for antennae. Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. ____________________ Please note, if you should change this recipe it will no longer be an approved Betty Crocker® Recipe. You may notice that the nutritional information calculated by MasterCook is different from the nutritional information listed in the Betty Crocker® cookbooks. Because MasterCook and Betty Crocker® use different nutritional analysis programs and different nutrient databases, variations in results are expected. Description: "These "cute-as-a-bug" cookies are perfect for a child's birthday party." "© General Mills, Inc. 1998." "48 Cookies" "2:00" Protein; 11g Carbohydrate; 4mg Cholesterol; 101mg Sodium Other Carbohydrates Cookies baked on dark sheets may brown too quickly. You can prevent this by either lowering the temperature of the oven by 25º or lining the sheets with aluminum foil or baking parchment paper.