Chocolate Goblin Cookies
For Halloween, make scary Goblin faces on the cookies with orange or yellow frosting. From the Occident/King Midas Collector's Bake Book.
Total Steps
5
Ingredients
16
Tools Needed
5
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1-1/2 squares 1-ounce unsweetened chocolate
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 egg egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1-1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1-1/2 squares 1-ounce unsweetened chocolate
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1-1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
- as needed orange or yellow frosting(optional)
Instructions
Step 1
Melt shortening and 1-1/2 squares of 1-ounce unsweetened chocolate in a 2-quart saucepan.
Step 2
Blend in brown sugar, buttermilk, egg, and vanilla.
Step 3
Add remaining ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and chopped pecans); mix well. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet.
Step 4
Bake at 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes. Let stand for 1 minute; remove from sheet. Cool completely and then frost.
Step 5
To make the chocolate icing, melt together butter, 1-1/2 squares of 1-ounce unsweetened chocolate, and milk. Stir in confectioner's sugar. If necessary, thin with additional milk until of spreading consistency.