Chocolate baseball cookies

24 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1cupSugar
½cupPacked brown sugar
½cupUnsweetened cocoa powder
2teaspoonsBaking powder
½teaspoonCinnamon
2Eggs
½cupCooking oil
1teaspoonVanilla
cupFlour
½cupChopped walnuts
½cupSugar

Directions

Preheat oven to 375F.

In a large mixing bowl stir together the 1 cup sugar, brown sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and cinnamon. Add the eggs, cooking oil and vanilla. Beat with a rotary beater or wire whip until the mixture is smooth. Add the flour. Stir with a large spoon until the mixture is smooth. Stir in the nuts.

Place the remaining ½ cup sugar in a pie plate. Spoon chocolate mixture by rounded tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper. Roll each mound around in your hands to form a ball. Roll the balls in the sugar to coat generously. Place the balls 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet.

Bake at 375F for 12 to 14 minuts or until the cookie is firm around the edges and the tops are cracked. Cool cookies on a wire rack.

Makes 24 cookies.

From Tops Grocery Store circular. A Good recipe for kids to try with supervision for the baking part. ;-)