Cooking Recipe Chocolate Jumbles
Recipe Ingredients
1 c
Cocoa
1 c
Water; hot
2 c
Brown sugar
1 c
Molasses
1 c
Shortening
2 ea
Egg yolks
1 ts
Baking soda; heaping
Flour; to make soft dough
1 ts
Cinnamon
1 ts
Cloves
1 ts
Allspice
Directions
Add hot water to cocoa and soda. Let stand while preparing other
ingredients. Cream shortening, adding sugar gradually. Add beaten egg
yolks, molasses and cocoa mixture. Sift spices with flour and add.
Roll soft as possible. Cut with cooky cutter. Bake in hot oven. Egg
whites may be used to make icing for cookies.
Note: Hot oven is 350 - 400 F.
Source: Mrs. N. C. Lee, Monroe Grange, Ashtabula County, OH