Chocolate Cookies
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
6 dozen small cookies
- Serves:
- 72
ingredients
- 1⁄4 cup shortening
- 4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- powdered sugar
directions
- Melt the shortening and the chocolate in a saucepan over medium-low heat.
- Add the sugar and vanilla directly to the pan, stirring with a spoon (be careful not to scratch the pan-I would recommend plastic).
- Scrape into a large bowl.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Add the remaining ingredients, excluding the powdered sugar.
- Chill the dough for several hours.
- Form into generously rounded teaspoon balls.
- Roll in powdered sugar.
- Place on a pan lined with parchment paper.
- Bake for 8-9 minutes at 350 degrees.
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