Recipe: Jumbo Chocolate Snappers (cookies)

JUMBO CHOCOLATE SNAPPERS

1 (6 oz) pkg semisweet chocolate chips
2/3 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup corn syrup
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
Sugar (for coating)

Place chocolate morsels in top of double boiler; bring water to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cook until chocolate is melted. Remove from heat; set aside..

Cream shortening; gradually add 1/2 cup sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add chocolate, egg, and corn syrup, beating well; set aside.

Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; add to creamed mixture, beating just until blended.

Shape dough into balls, using about 3 tbsp dough for each ball, and roll in sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheets about 2 1/2-inches apart.*

Bake at 350 degrees F for 18 minutes. Cool on cookie sheets 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks, and cool completely.

*For smaller cookies; shape dough into balls using 1 tbsp of dough. Bake at 350 degrees F for 15 minutes.

Doris Lee, Langdale, Alabama

Makes about 14 jumbo cookies
Source: Southern Living Annual recipes, 1981