Cooking Recipe Chocolate Shadows

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 c Semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/8 ts To 1/4 ts peppermint extract

1 1/4 c Pillsbury's Best All Purpose

-or

Self-Rising Flour

1/2 c Sugar

1/2 c Firmly packed brown sugar

3/4 ts Soda

1/2 ts Salt

1/2 c Shortening or margarine

1/2 c Peanut butter

1 Egg

Directions

A marbling of chocolate-mint flavor.

Heat oven to 375 degrees F. In small saucepan, melt chocolate chips
over very low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in
peppermint extract. Cool.

Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. In large bowl,
combine remaining ingredients; mix well. Add melted chocolate and
stir just to marble. Shape into 1-inch balls; place, 2 inches apart,
on ungreased cookie sheets; flatten with bottom of glass dipped in
sugar.

Bake at 375 degrees F. for 8 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool
cookies slightly before removing from cookie sheets. 40 cookies.