chocolate potato cookies

Name: Chocolate Potato Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) packed brown sugar; 1/2 cup(s) vegetable shortening; 1 - egg; 1 teaspoon(s) almond extract; 1/2 cup(s) semisweet chocolate chips, melted; 1/2 cup(s) unseasoned mashed potatoes, (actual potatoes)at room temperature; 1 1/2 cup(s) all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 1/2 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 1/4 cup(s) milk; 1/2 cup(s) chopped walnuts or pecans; (1) 16 ounce(s) container chocolate fudge frosting; 1/4 cup(s) nonpareil candies

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LINDA BAILEY

STERLING HEIGHTS, MI

Updated on Oct 27, 2013

Mashed potatoes in cookies?! Unbelievable?! Sshhh, let's keep the secret to these can't-get-enough-of-'em Chocolate Potato Cookies until everybody tastes 'em! I got this tasty recipe from Mr. Food.

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prep time 20 Min

cook time 10 Min

method Bake

yield 4 1/2 doz

Ingredients

1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1 - egg
1 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted
1/2 cup unseasoned mashed potatoes, (actual potatoes)at room temperature
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
(1) 16 ounces container chocolate fudge frosting
1/4 cup nonpareil candies

How To Make chocolate potato cookies

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Coat baking sheets with cooking spray. In a large bowl, cream together brown sugar and shortening until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and almond extract, mixing well. Add melted chocolate and mashed potatoes, beating until smooth. In a small bowl, combine flour, salt, and baking soda. Alternately add flour mixture and milk to brown sugar mixture, stirring until smooth.

Step 2

In a small bowl, combine flour, salt, and baking soda. Alternately add flour mixture and milk to brown sugar mixture, stirring until smooth. Mix in nuts. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets. Bake 10 minutes, or until cookies spring back when touched lightly with a finger. Remove cookies from oven and wait 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool slightly. Frost warm cookies and sprinkle with nonpareils.
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