Chocolate Nut And Fruit Cookies

A dish that leans on cottolene and sugar.

contains glutencontains eggscontains nuts

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
  • 1/3 cup Cottolene
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup grated chocolate
  • 2 extra tablespoons sugar
  • 2 tablespoons boiling water
  • 2 eggs well beaten
  • 1 cup nut meats chopped
  • 1 cup raisins seeded and shredded
  • 2-1/4 cups flour
  • 3 tablespoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Steps

  1. PROCESS: Cream Cottolene, add sugar gradually, stirring constantly. Melt chocolate over hot water, add the two extra tablespoons sugar and boiling water. Cook one minute; when cool add to first mixture. Add beaten eggs. Mix and sift flour (reserving one-fourth cup), baking powder and salt. Add to cake mixture. Add fruit and nut meats dredged with remaining flour. Chill mixture. Drop from spoon onto a well-greased baking sheet one and one-half inches apart; press a raisin or the half a nut meat in center of each cake and bake in a moderate oven.
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calories467
Protein8.4 g
Fat7.8 g
Carbs93.5 g
Fiber3.3 g
Sodium1032 mg

Source

Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners (pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States