Recipe - Chocolate Shadows

One half cup Semisweet chocolate chips
1/8 teaspoon To One fourth teaspoon peppermint extract
1 One fourth cup Pillsbury's Best All Purpose
or
SelfRising Flour
One half cup Sugar
One half cup Firmly packed brown sugar
Three fourths teaspoon Soda
One half teaspoon Salt
One half cup Shortening or margarine
One half cup Peanut butter
1 Egg

A marbling of chocolatemint 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 1inch 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.

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