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Valentines Day: Chocolate Creams w/Chocolate Frosting

Source of Recipe

Sunday Dinner


List of Ingredients

1/2 c Butter
1 c Sugar
2 Eggs
2 oz Chocolate,unsweetened, melted and cooled
1 ts Vanilla
1 ts Baking soda
2 1/2 c Flour
3/4 c Milk
Chocolate Frosting
2 oz Chocolate, unsweetened
2 tb Butter
2 c Powdered sugar
2 ts Vanilla
2 ts Heavy cream
60 Pecan halves (for garnish)



Recipe

*Melted and cooled


Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add eggs,
melted chocolate, and vanilla; mix well.

Combine baking soda and flour. Alternately add flour mixture and milk
to egg batter; beati well after each addition.

Drop by teaspoonfuls, 2" apart, onto ungreased baking sheets.

Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until firm to the touch. Remove cookies from
sheets and cool on rack.

For Chocolate Frosting:
Melt chocolate and butter in saucepan; remove from heat. Stir in
sugar, vanilla, and enough cream to makie the frosting the correct
consistency for spreading.

Let frosting cool to lukewarm before frosting cookies. With table
knife or small spatula, swirl frosting around top of cookie. Before
frosting sets, place a pecan half on top of cookie. Leave cookies on
rack until frosting sets completely.

Store in cookie tin, placing waxed paper between layers of cookies.
Can be kept for about a week in a cool place (this is one of those
recipes that does not freeze well).

Makes about 5 dozen cookies