Grandma's Ice Box Cookies
A family favorite that Grandma always includes in her cookie tins at Christmas. When melting the chocolate, adding in a few tablespoons of creamy peanut butter (or more, depending on your taste) makes the cookies easier to slice after freezing without really flavoring the chocolate. Easy to keep a frozen log in the freezer to bake in a hurry.
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READY IN: 2hrs 8mins
YIELD: 30 40 cookies.
UNITS: US
INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 4 1⁄2cups flour
- 2teaspoons baking soda
- 1teaspoon cinnamon
- 1teaspoon salt
- 1cup brown sugar
- 1cup sugar
- 3well beaten eggs
- 1 1⁄2cups shortening
- 12ounces chocolate chips
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DIRECTIONS
- Sift flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt together and set aside.
- Cream together shortening and sugars, add eggs.
- Mix flour and shortening mixture together.
- Divide dough in half, place each half on a sheet of wax paper.
- Shape dough into logs along length of wax paper. Freeze for 30 minutes.
- Melt chocolate chips in double boiler (Grandma uses semi-sweet or mint flavored for a surprise, leaving out the peanut butter in that case).
- Take one dough log out at a time and roll between 2 sheets of wax paper until it reaches across the paper, a little more than a 1/4" thick.
- Spread half of chocolate on dough. Roll up, like a jelly roll. Return to freezer. Repeat with other log.
- Allow dough to freeze for at least 30 minutes.
- When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Slice cookies to desired thickness.
- Bake on greased cookie sheet for 8-10 minutes.
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