Chocolate spiderweb snaps

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1¼ cup Shortening
2 cups Sugar
4 1-ounce squares unsweetened
Chocolate, melted
2 Eggs
⅓ cup Light corn syrup
2½ tablespoon Water
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
4 cups All-purpose flour
2 teaspoons Baking soda
½ teaspoon Salt
Frosting
½ cup Semisweet chocolate morsels
Frosting
6 cups Sifted powdered sugar

Directions

Halloween. About 6 tablespoons warm water Paste food coloring Cream shortening; gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed of an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add melted chocolate, eggs, corn syrup, water, and vanilla; mix well. Combine flour, soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture, beating just until blended. Shape dough into two 12-inch rolls; wrap in wax paper. Chill several hours. Unwrap rolls, and cut into ¼-inch slices; place on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on cookie sheets 5 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Spread frosting over cookies to within ⅛ inch of edge; let stand until frosting sets.Place chocolate morsels in top of a double boiler; bring water to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cook until chocolate melts. Let stand until almost cool but not set. Spoon melted chocolate into decorating bag fitted with metal tip No. 2. For round pattern, pipe chocolate in 5 or 6 circles around top of cookie. Pull the point of a wooden pick across chocolate circles from the center to the outer edge.

Repeat 8 or 10 times, spacing evenly across top of cookie.For linear pattern, pipe chocolate in parallel lines, about ¼-inch apart, across top of cookie. Pull the point of a wooden pick diagonally across lines. Let stand at room temperature until chocolate is firm. Yield: 6 dozen.FRO sugar and enough water to make frosting a spreading consistency, stirring well.

Color as desired with a very small amount of paste food coloring. Yield: 1-¾ cups.NOTE: Dough may be frozen up to 3 months. Slice dough while frozen, and bake as directed.

Posted to EAT-L Digest 04 Sep 96 Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 10:22:46 -0500 From: LD Goss <ldgoss@...>

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