Shelly's Recipe

CHOCOLATE COOKIES I

Category: Cookies

1 cup shortening
2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup sour milk
4 cup flour
4 tbsp cocoa
1 tsp baking soda

Cream shortening, sugar, and salt. Add eggs and vanilla. Sift together 2 cups flour, cocoa, and baking soda. Add sour milk to creamed shortening mixture. Stir in flour, cocoa, and baking soda mixture. Add remaining flour. Drop spoonfuls of dough onto ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350 for 8 to 10 minutes.

Frosting
2 cup confectioners sugar
3 tbsp butter
4 tbsp cocoa
1 tsp vanilla
Milk (enough for spreading consistency)

Mix ingredients until it is a spreading consistency. Frost cookies when cooled.