Chocolate Star Cookies

KC_Cooker's Note:

This is my husbands grandma's recipe. It is my husband's all time favorite homemade cookie!

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 36 cookies

• 1 cup Crisco
• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 48 brach chocolate stars (also known as chocolate rosettes or chocolate buds)

Directions:

1. Preheat overn to 375°.
2. In a large mixing bowl, beat together Crisco, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, water and vanilla until well mixed.
3. Add the flour, baking soda & salt to the mixing bowl and mix well.
4. Cover and refrigerate dough for 30 minutes.
5. Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
6. Place in preheated oven and bake for 9-11 minutes or until light brown.
7. As soon as you remove the cookies from the oven, place a chocolate star on the top of each cookie.

Reviews

[LonghornMama]

Yummy! Brach's chocolate stars are hard to find (usually only around the holidays), so when I saw a bag, I grabbed them and made these cookies! Really enjoyed this version instead of the usual peanut butter based cookie. Used butter instead of shortening, which yields a soft cakey cookie that's slightly crisp on the outside. The family inhaled them! Be sure to allow plenty of time to cool or store in single layer conatiners, the stars take a long time to harden after baking and will be a mess if stacked. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

[Chef-slim]

I <3 (heart) these cookies!!! they are very very VERY good. The cookies them selves are so soft almost like cake. For best results and ultimate satisfaction... eat while the chocolate is still warm and melty.

[Zestphobia]

I should have reviewed these long ago. They were one of the first recipes I printed and they are terrific. They always turn out great. I made them again this Christmas and as always, wonder why I don't make them more often. When I was doing my Christmas baking, I ran into problems: some things got overdone, others just didn't turn out, etc., but these cookies never let me down. I think they should be renamed "chocolate star go to cookies" because they are my "go to," reliably delicious cookie. Sorry I didn't post this earlier, when we've been enjoying these for so long!