Cottage Cheese Cookies
Ingredients
- Servings: 6
- 2 cups shortening
- 3 1/2 cups white sugar
- 4 eggs
- 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 cups cottage cheese
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
Recipe
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Ready Time: 20 mins
- in a medium bowl, cream together the shortening and white sugar, until smooth. beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cocoa; gradually stir into the creamed mixture. fold in the cottage cheese and pecans. cover dough and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). roll the dough into walnut sized balls then roll the balls in the confectioners' sugar. place the cookies 2 inches apart on the cookie sheet.
- bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
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