The absolute best cookie ever!!! This recipe came from my Great Aunt Em Garbee. She, along with my grandmother and all of their sisters were WONDERFUL cooks. They had a tea every Christmas and these were always the favorites!! The icing calls for coffee but you can use cream too. To decorate, I use red and green sugars at Christmas, pink at Valentine's and you can leave plain. Hope you enjoy these as much as my family has in the past.
- 1/2 cup Crisco shortening
- 2 squares unsweetened chocolate
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup evaporated milk
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Melt the chocolate. In a large bowl, cream the chocolate, sugar and shortening until fluffy and blended. Add egg and beat. Mix dry ingredients and add alternately with evaporated milk. Drop by 1/2 teaspoons on GREASED cookie sheet. These are small tea cookies but you can drop by teaspoons, just won't make as many. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Remove to cooling racks and cool completely. When cool ice with the following: 3 Tablespoons of cocoa, 2 cups powdered sugar, 1 Tablespoon melted butter and enough hot coffee or cream to make a spreading consistency. After icing, sprinkle with colored sugars of your choice.
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