Chocolate Refrigerator Cookies

Name: Chocolate Refrigerator Cookies
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups butter; 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar; 1 egg; 3 cups cake flour (sifted); 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup cocoa; 1 1/2 cups pecans (chopped); 4 ounces sweet chocolate

Chocolate Refrigerator Cookies is a favorite cookie or candy featuring powdered sugar, cake flour, cocoa, preserved from the family cookbook.

Prep 25 minCook 10 minTotal 35 min

A serving of Chocolate Refrigerator Cookies featuring powdered sugar and cake flour — Representative stock photo · balise42 / flickr / BY-SA 2.0

Method

Make something worth remembering.

Method

Cream the butter and powdered sugar together. Add the egg. Sift the flour, slat and cocoa together and add the butter mixture. Press and mold into 3 long rolls about 1 1/2" in diameter. Roll in nuts, pressing them in on all sides. Wrap in wax paper. Set overnight. Slice and bake on an ungreased cookie sheet in a 400°F oven for 10 minutes. Cool. Frost with the chocolate melted in a double boiler.

Family note

What makes this ours

This recipe is preserved exactly where it belongs: beside the person who shared it and ready for the next family kitchen.

ELRecipe contributed byEstella Lind Martell