Frosted Chocolate Delights
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 20 min. Bake: 15 min./batch + cooling
YIELD: 5-1/2 dozen.
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
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1/2 cup shortening
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1 cup packed brown sugar
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1 large egg, room temperature
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1/2 cup whole milk
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
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1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1/4 teaspoon baking soda
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1/2 cup chopped walnuts
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FROSTING:
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9 tablespoons butter, softened
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4-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
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1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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6 to 8 tablespoons whole milk
Directions
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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.
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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.
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3.
For frosting, in a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in vanilla and enough milk to reach spreading consistency. Frost cooled cookies.
Nutrition Facts
1 cookie: 99 calories, 4g fat (2g saturated fat), 7mg cholesterol, 46mg sodium, 15g carbohydrate (11g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.
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