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Chocolate
Loves
Ingredients
- 1 1/2
cups firmly packed brown sugar
- 2/3 cup
shortening
- 1
tablespoon water
- 1
teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2
cups all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup
cocoa
- 1/4
teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2
teaspoon salt
- 2 cups
semi sweet miniature chocolate chips
- 6 ounces
white chocolate
- 12
candied pineapple hears (optional)
Method
Preheat
oven to 375°F. Place sheets of foil on countertop for cooling cookies. Combine
brown sugar, shortening, water and vanilla in large bowl. Beat
at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended. Beat eggs
into creamed mixture. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Mix
into creamed mixture at low speed just until blended. Stir in
chocolate chips. Divide dough in half.
Spread dough into 2 ungreased
8 inch round cake pans. Bake one pan at a time at 375°F for 10 to
12 minutes. DO NOT OVER BAKE.
Cool 5 minutes in pan. Cut
with 2 inch heart shaped cookie cutter with point towards center to make
6 cookies. Remove cookies to foil to cool completely. Chop
white chocolate into l/2-inch pieces. Place pieces in a microwave
safe shallow bowl. Microwave on 100% (HIGH) power for 30 seconds. Stir.
Repeat at 30 second intervals
until chocolate is melted. Spread melted chocolate on top of cooled hearts. Cut
pineapple, if used, into 2 inch hearts 1/4 inch thick. Top each cookie
with red candied pineapple heart.
Set aside to dry completely.
Yield:
About 1 dozen cookies
Submitted
by: E. Artty
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