CHOCOLATE NUT-FILLED COOKIES

      Title: CHOCOLATE NUT-FILLED COOKIES
  Categories: Dessert, Cookie, S/l
       Yield: 3 Dozen
  
     2/3 c  Shortening
     2/3 c  Sugar
       2    Eggs
       2 c  Flour, all-purpose
   1 1/2 ts Baking powder
     1/2 ts Salt
 
 MMMMM-------------------CHOCOLATE-NUT FILLING------------------------
     1/4 c  Sugar
       1 tb Cornstarch
     1/2 c  Chocolate syrup
     1/4 c  Pecans; chopped
  
   Cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy; add egg, and beat
   well. Add flour, baking powder, and salt; mix well. Chill dough 2 to
         4    hours.
   
   Roll out dough to 1/8" thickness on a lightly floured board. Cut half
   of dough into 36 circles with a 2" cookie cutter. Using a 2" doughnut
   cutter, cut remaining dough into 36 circles.
   
   Place solid circles on lightly greased cookie sheets. In center of
   each circle, place a teaspoon of Chocolate-Nut Filling; spread almost
   to the edges. Top with a circle cut with doughnut cutter; seal edges
   with fork tines.  Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. (Cookies
   may be filled with jam.)
   
   Chocolate-Nut Filling: Combine all ingredients; cook over low heat
   until thick and smooth. cool. Yield: about 1 cup filling.
   
   SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, May 1974. Typos by Nancy Coleman.
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