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Chocolate cookies made in your own kitchen are the perfect gift, and also work wonderfully for wedding showers or a welcome back gift for returning honeymooners. Light but delicious, they bring smiles with every bite. Ingredients:
4 ounces sweet baking chocolate
2 tablespoons milk
1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup margarine or butter, softened
2 tsp. vanilla
2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1 (3 1/2 ounce) tube almond paste
Sugar
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Heat oven to 350 degrees. In small saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate in milk, stirring occasionally until smooth. In a large bowl, beat 1/4 cup sugar and margarine until light and fluffy. Blend in chocolate mixture and vanilla. Stir in flour and salt;mix well.
Using round teaspoonsful of dough; shape into balls. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Make an indentation in center of each cookie. Fill with scant 1/4 tsp. almond paste; press dough around filling to cover. Bake at 350 degrees for 9-11 minutes or until set. Remove from sheets; roll in sugar. Cool completely.
Gift Giving Notes: Cookies may be given in decorator tins (Victorian designs would be extra special), or decorator cellophane bags. You can also sew very simple tapestry bags and gather the top with a ribbon after inserting a plastic bag with the cookies inside. Wicker baskets lined with antique doilies can be used as well for a beautiful old fashioned look. Use gold wire edged ribbons for the bows to add that elegant look, or silk ribbon in elegant colors will also work well. Makes 4 dozen cookies Recipe submitted by: Brenda Hyde
Seeds of Knowledge Brenda Hyde is a freelance writer and editor of Seeds of Knowledge.
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