Cookie Recipes
Chocolate Pretzels
Yield: 2 dozen
Ingredients
Dough
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/4 cup cocoa
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, unbleached, unsifted
Cocoa Frosting
- 2 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Cream 1/2 cup butter and the sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the egg, vanilla extract and milk.
- Sift cocoa and flour. Mix into butter mixture until thoroughly blended.
- Chill dough until firm enough to handle (about 30 minutes).
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease cookie sheets.
- Using 2 tablespoons dough, roll a rope about 12 inches long between your hands. Shape into a pretzel as follows: Make a loop bout 1 1/2 inches in diameter by crossing the ends, leaving 1 inch tails. Flip the loop down over the crossed ends. Press firmly into place. Place pretzels on the prepared cookie sheets. Bake for about 10 minutes.
- When pretzels are cool, spread with Cocoa Frosting.
- Make frosting in a small bowl. Mix cocoa and confectioners' sugar.
- Gradually stir in butter and vanilla extract. If frosting is too thick, thin with milk.
Attribution
Posted by FootsieBear at recipegoldmine.com.