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Super Chocolate Cookies
Yield: Makes about 20 (4-inch) cookies
Ingredients:
2
cups all-purpose flour

1/3
cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1
teaspoon baking soda

1/2
teaspoon salt

1-1/3
cups packed light brown sugar

1/2
cup (1 stick) butter, softened

1/2
cup shortening

2
eggs

2
teaspoons vanilla

1
cup candy-coated chocolate pieces

1
cup raisins

3/4
cup salted peanuts



 
Preparation:
1.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in medium bowl; set aside.

2.
Beat brown sugar, butter and shortening in large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until well blended. Gradually add flour mixture beating at low speed until blended. Stir in chocolate pieces, raisins and peanuts.

3.
Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls 3 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten slightly with fingertips. Bake 13 to 15 minutes or until almost set. Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheets. Transfer to wire racks; cool completely.


Gift Idea For small thank-you gifts, party favors or stocking stuffers, place 2 to 4 cookies in a cellophane bags or small plastic food storage bags. (Use the kind without a zipper.) Gather the tops and secure the bags with silk flowers or holiday greenery on flexible wire stems.

Nutritional Information:
Serving Size: 1 cookie
Fiber 2 g
Carbohydrate 38 g
Cholesterol 35 mg
Saturated Fat 6 g
Total Fat 15 g
Calories from Fat 44 %
Calories 294
Protein 4 g
Sodium 209 mg
Dietary Exchange:
Starch 2-1/2
Fat 2-1/2


This recipe appears in: Chocolate

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