Instructions: Cream butter and sugars until pale and fluffy. Add egg, orange and vanilla and beat until just smooth. Add flour and spices; beat just until dry ingredients are incorporated, scraping down sides of bowl.

Gather dough into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap or wax paper and refrigerate until cool but not hard. Preheat oven to 350F. Divide dough into 1" balls, then flatten slightly into roughly triangular mouse shape. Brush mice with beaten egg mixture. Working quickly, decorate mice with currant eyes, slivered almond ears, and chow mein noodle tails. Bake 10-15 min, then cool on wire rack.

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