Super Chocolate Cookies
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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 |
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