Frosted Chocolate Delights
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Frosted Chocolate Delights
Best of Country Cookies 1999
Prep: 20 min. Bake: 15 min./batch + cooling
Yield: 5-1/2 dozen. - 33 servings (2 cookies ea.)
Before we five kids headed off to school each day, Mom took our requests for that day's dinner. I usually asked her to make these cookies for dessert, and she would rarely disappoint. I still enjoy them today. �Patricia Ramczyk, Appleton, Wisconsin
Ingredients:
� 1/2 cup shortening
� 1 cup packed brown sugar
� 1 egg
� 1/2 cup milk
� 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
� 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
� 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
� 1 teaspoon baking powder
� 1/2 teaspoon salt
� 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
� 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
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� FROSTING:
� 9 tablespoons butter, softened
� 4-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
� 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
� 6 to 8 tablespoons milk
Directions:
1. In a large bowl, cream shortening and brown sugar. Beat in the egg, milk and vanilla. Beat in chocolate until blended. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Stir in walnuts.
2. Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350� for 11-13 minutes or until firm. Remove to wire racks to cool.
3. For frosting, in a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in vanilla and enough milk to achieve spreading consistency. Frost cooled cookies.
1 serving (2 each) equals 190 calories, 8 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 16 mg cholesterol, 97 mg sodium, 29 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.
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