Chocolate Goblin Cookies

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Ingredients

1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 one-oz squares unsweetened chocolate
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped pecans
Chocolate icing:
2 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 one-oz squares unsweetened chocolate
2 tablespoons milk
1 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar

Preparation

1
Melt shortening and chocolate in 2-quart saucepan.
2
Blend in brown sugar, buttermilk, egg and vanilla.
3
Add remaining ingredients; mix well. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet.
4
Bake at 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes. Let stand 1 minute; remove from sheet. Cool and frost.
5
To make the icing, melt together butter, chocolate and milk. Stir in confectioner's sugar. If necessary, think with additional milk until of spreading consistency.

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For Halloween, make scary Goblin faces on the cookies with orange or yellow frosting. From the Occident/King Midas Collector's Bake Book.

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Holiday
halloween

Yield:

4.0 dozen

Added:

December 10, 2009

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