Witches' Brooms

 

1/2

cup packed brown sugar

1/2

cup butter or margarine, softened

2

tablespoons water

1

teaspoon vanilla

1 1/2

cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1/8

teaspoon salt

10

pretzel rods, about 8 1/2 inches long, cut crosswise in half

2

teaspoons shortening

2/3

cup semisweet chocolate chips

Butterscotch-flavored chips, melted

• 1 Heat oven to 350ºF. Mix brown sugar, butter, water and vanilla in medium bowl. Stir in flour and salt. Shape dough into twenty 1 1/4-inch balls.
• 2 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.
• 3 Bake about 12 minutes or until set but not brown. Remove from cookie sheet. Cool completely on wire rack, about 30 minutes.
• 4 Cover cookie sheet with waxed paper. 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. Drizzle with melted butterscotch chips. Let stand until chocolate is set.