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- From: yduJ@edsel.uucp (Judy Anderson)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Dirty snowballs (chocolate cookies)
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- Date: 25 Mar 88 16:50:30 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE SNOWBALL-2 D "5 Nov 87" 1988
- .RZ "DIRTY SNOWBALLS" "Chocolate cookies with powdered sugar coating"
- This recipe was handed down to me from my step-sister who got it from her
- mother.
- .IH "Several dozen"
- .IG "\(12 cup" "vegetable oil" "120 ml"
- .IG "2 cups" "granulated sugar" "400 g"
- .IG "4 oz" "unsweetened chocolate" "120 g"
- .IG "4" "eggs"
- .IG "2 tsp" "vanilla" "10 ml"
- .IG "2 tsp" "baking powder" "10 ml"
- .IG "2 cups" "flour" "200 g"
- .IG "1 cup" "powdered sugar" "150 g"
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Melt chocolate in double boiler or microwave.
- .SK 2
- Combine melted chocolate, granulated sugar,
- vanilla, and vegetable oil in a mixer.
- .SK 3
- Add eggs, one at a time, blending well each time.
- Sift (or stir) together flour and baking
- powder, add to wet mixture. Mix well.
- .SK 4
- Let stand in refrigerator for a few hours or overnight.
- Roll dough into small balls (no more than
- .AB "1 inch" "3 cm"
- in diameter), and roll in powdered sugar until coated.
- .SK 5
- Bake for 12 minutes in a preheated
- .TE 350 175
- oven.
- .NX
- The temperature is very important: any lower and the cookies
- won't bake properly; any higher and the powdered sugar will glaze.
- .PP
- If you coat your palms with powdered sugar before attempting to roll the
- balls your hands will get less sticky. Put the dough back in the
- refrigerator whenever you are not actively using it; it is easier to
- work when cold.
- .PP
- You don't actually have to bake these: they make a reasonable fudge
- when left uncooked, but if left in the
- refrigerator for several days before baking they will become dried out.
- When done, the unused powdered sugar will have small shards of chocolate in
- it; these can be strained out and the sugar will be re-usable.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- moderate.
- .I Time:
- 30 minutes preparation, overnight chilling, 20 minutes baking and cooling.
- .I Precision:
- measure the ingredients.
- .WR
- Judy Anderson
- Lucid, Inc., Menlo Park, California, USA
- edsel!yduj@labrea.stanford.edu
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