Witches' Brooms

Name: Witches' Brooms
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters packed brown sugar; 118 milliliters butter or margarine, softened; 20 servings Butterscotch-flavored chips, melted; 355 milliliters Gold Medal® all-purpose flour; 10 pretzel rods, about 8 1/2 inches long, cut crosswise in half; 0 teaspoons salt; 158 milliliters semisweet chocolate chips; 2 teaspoons shortening; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 2 Tbsps water

Witches' Brooms might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. This recipe serves 20. One serving contains 141 calories, 1g of protein, and 8g of fat. A mixture of water, vanilla, flour, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350ºF.

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Mix brown sugar, butter, water and vanilla in medium bowl. Stir in flour and salt. Shape dough into twenty 1 1/4-inch balls.

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Brown Sugar

Vanilla

Butter

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Water

Salt

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Bowl

Place pretzel rod halves on ungreased cookie sheet. Press ball of dough onto cut end of each pretzel rod. Press dough with fork to resemble "bristles" of broom.

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Pretzels

Dough

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Baking Sheet

Bake about 12 minutes or until set but not brown.

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Oven

Remove from cookie sheet. Cool completely on wire rack, about 30 minutes.

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Baking Sheet

Wire Rack

Cover cookie sheet with waxed paper.

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Baking Sheet

Place brooms on waxed paper.

Heat shortening and chocolate chips over low heat, stirring occasionally, until melted and smooth; remove from heat. Spoon melted chocolate over brooms, leaving about 1 inch at top of pretzel handle and bottom halves of cookie bristles uncovered.

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Chocolate Chips