Chocolate Goblin Cookies
By: Helen Pitlick
Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 5:52pm

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.

About


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