Chocolate nut-filled cookies

3 dozen

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
⅔ cup Shortening
⅔ cup Sugar
2 Eggs
¼ cup Sugar
1 tablespoon Cornstarch
2 cups Flour, all-purpose
1½ teaspoon Baking powder
½ teaspoon Salt
½ cup Chocolate syrup
¼ cup Pecans; chopped

Directions

CHOCOLATE-NUT FILLING

Cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy; add egg, and beat well. Add flour, baking powder, and salt; mix well. Chill dough 2 to 4 hours.

Roll out dough to ⅛" thickness on a lightly floured board. Cut half of dough into 36 circles with a 2" cookie cutter. Using a 2" doughnut cutter, cut remaining dough into 36 circles.

Place solid circles on lightly greased cookie sheets. In center of each circle, place a teaspoon of Chocolate-Nut Filling; spread almost to the edges. Top with a circle cut with doughnut cutter; seal edges with fork tines. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. (Cookies may be filled with jam.)

Chocolate-Nut Filling: Combine all ingredients; cook over low heat until thick and smooth. cool. Yield: about 1 cup filling.

SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, May 1974. Typos by Nancy Coleman.

Submitted By NANCY COLEMAN On 03-04-95

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