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chocolate potato cookies

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Recipe by
LINDA BAILEY
@miffed13
STERLING HEIGHTS, MI

Mashed potatoes in cookies?! Unbelievable?! Sshhh, let's keep the secret to these can't-get-enough-of-'em Chocolate Potato Cookies until everybody tastes 'em! I got this tasty recipe from Mr. Food.

yield 4 1/2 doz
prep time 20 Min
cook time 10 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For chocolate potato cookies

  • 1 c
    packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 c
    vegetable shortening
  • 1
    egg
  • 1 tsp
    almond extract
  • 1/2 c
    semisweet chocolate chips, melted
  • 1/2 c
    unseasoned mashed potatoes, (actual potatoes)at room temperature
  • 1 1/2 c
    all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 1/2 tsp
    baking soda
  • 1/4 c
    milk
  • 1/2 c
    chopped walnuts or pecans
  • (1) 16 oz
    container chocolate fudge frosting
  • 1/4 c
    nonpareil candies

How To Make chocolate potato cookies

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Coat baking sheets with cooking spray. In a large bowl, cream together brown sugar and shortening until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and almond extract, mixing well. Add melted chocolate and mashed potatoes, beating until smooth. In a small bowl, combine flour, salt, and baking soda. Alternately add flour mixture and milk to brown sugar mixture, stirring until smooth.
  • 2
    In a small bowl, combine flour, salt, and baking soda. Alternately add flour mixture and milk to brown sugar mixture, stirring until smooth. Mix in nuts. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets. Bake 10 minutes, or until cookies spring back when touched lightly with a finger. Remove cookies from oven and wait 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool slightly. Frost warm cookies and sprinkle with nonpareils.
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