Chocolate Raisin Smile Cookies

Cookies
1 ½ cups sugar
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 ½ cups margarine or butter, softened
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 eggs
3 cups Pillsbury’s Best All Purpose or Unbleached Flour
1 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
2 cups raisins

Frosting
1 cup powdered sugar
1 drop red food color
2 drops yellow food color
2 to 4 teaspoons milk

Heat oven to 350º F. In large bowl, beat sugar, brown sugar and margarine until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and eggs; blend well. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. Stir in flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; mix well. Stir in raisins. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.

Bake at 350º F for 10 to 14 minutes or until slightly set. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets.

In medium bowl, combine all frosting ingredients, adding enough milk for desired decorating consistency. Using decorating bag, decorating bottle, plastic bag, or small spoon, make smiling faces on cookies. 5 dozen cookies.

Variation: Giant Smile Cookies. Prepare cookie dough as directed above. For each cookie, place ¼ cup of the dough 3 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 350° F for 10 to 14 minutes or until slightly set. Continue as directed above. 2 ½ dozen cookies.