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  • Serves: 36 Servings

Holiday Chocolate Cookies

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Category: Cookies

 Ingredients List

  • 1/2 c Butter or margarine
  • - softened
  • 3/4 c Sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 ts Vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 c All-purpose flour
  • 1/3 c HERSHEY'S Cocoa
  • 1/2 ts Baking powder
  • 1/2 ts Baking soda
  • 1/4 ts Salt

 Directions

DECORATOR'S FROSTING
1 1/2 c Powdered sugar
2 tb Shortening
2 tb Milk
1/2 ts Vanilla extract
Red food color

Heat oven to 325 F. In large mixer bowl, beat butter, sugar, egg and
vanilla until light and fluffy. Stir together, stir together flour,
cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to butter mixture,
blending well. On lightly floured surface, roll small portion of dough
at a time to 1/4-inch thickness. (Refrigerate dough if too soft to
roll.) Cut with 2-1/2-inch cookie cutter; place on ungreased cookie
sheet. Bake 5 to 7 minutes or until only slight indentation remains when
touched lightly. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
Cool completely. Prepare DECORATOR'S FROSTING. Frost cookies; decorate
as desired. About 3 dozen cookies.

DECORATOR'S FROSTING: In small mixer bowl, combine all ingredients
except red food color; beat until smooth and of spreading consistency.
Tint with food color, blending well.

Hershey's is a registered trademark of Hershey Foods Corporation.
Recipe may be reprinted courtesy of the Hershey Kitchens.

Meal-Master format by Karen Mintzias

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