As the song goes, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here. The tree and decorations are up and yesterday I baked my favorite cookies, Fudge Peppers. They are a chocolate cookie with a chocolate mint inside. I was introduced to these delectable bites when I was a teenager. My mom's friend Jeannie used to make them and when I would babysit for her around the holidays I would eat as many as possible without getting found out. It was kind of like going after the brownies by "evening out the edges" of the rows. Then my mom made them and I also gobbled down as many as possible. The recipe calls for Rockwood Mints, a brand that is no longer manufactured, so for awhile, no Fudge Peppers. Then last year I got an idea to try Hershey Mint Truffle Kisses and voila! They were great! This year as I was making them I felt my mom and her good friend Jeannie, both who have passed, present in my kitchen. It was a nice baking day. Most importantly I want to pass this recipe on to you, but with a warning! If you have a babysitter hide your Fudge Peppers!
Fudge Peppers
Cream together:
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup butter
Add:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cupt brown sugar
Add:
Add:
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
Sift and add:
3 cups flour
1 tsp salt (I think this is a bit much, I reduce it to 1/2 tsp)
2/3 cup cocoa
Place Hershey's Mint Truffle Kiss or other chocolate mint in center of a teaspoon full of dough. Seal edges and roll into a ball. Roll in white sugar. Bake at 400 degrees for 6 minutes. Makes approximately 3 dozen.
2 comments:
My mouth is watering ...I wish I lived next door . Merry Christmas dear friend. Mary Helen
Susan,
As usual, still haven't done shopping for Christmas, we got hit by a bug weekend before last. I was the last to succumb and are still recovering. So, no doll thoughts. As for cookies, these sound interesting. Could you somehow use york patties? or parts of them?
hmmmm
Susan
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