Recipe - Chocolate Hugs And Kisses

2/3 cup Butter or margarine;
softened
1 cup Sugar
2 teaspoon Vanilla
2 Eggs
2 tablespoon Light corn syrup
2 One half cup Allpurpose flour
One half cup Cocoa
One half teaspoon Baking soda
One fourth teaspoon Salt
Decorator icing

In a large bowl, beat butter,sugar and vanilla on medium speed of electric
mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs;beat well. Beat in corn syrup. Stir
together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Gradually add to butter
mixture, beating until well blended. Cover, refrigerate until dough is firm
enough to handle. Heat oven to 350. Shape dough into X and O shapes. Place
on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 5 minutes or until set. Remove from
cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. Decorate as desired with icing.
Makes about 5 dozen cookies.

TO SHAPE Xs: Shape rounded teaspoon of dough into 3inch logs. Place 1 log
on cookie sheet; press lightly in center. Place another 3inch log on top
of first one, forming X shape.

TO SHAPE Os: Shape rounded teaspoon of dough into 5inch logs. Connect
ends; pressing lightly, forming O shape.

Recipe by: RECORDJOURNAL 5/8/96

Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 592 by ctlindab@mail1.nai.net on
Jan 24, 1998