
3½ cups sifted* all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup butter or regular margarine, softened
2 cups light brown sugar, firmly packed
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup finely chopped walnuts or pecans
FROSTING
4 cups confectioners’ sugar
½ cup butter or regular margarine, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 to 5 tablespoons milk
2 squares (1-oz size) unsweetened chocolate, melted
Assorted colored frosting decorators, with writing tip
- Preheat oven to 375F. Sift flour with baking soda and salt.
- In large bowl, with electric mixer at medium speed, beat 1 cup butter until light. Gradually beat in brown sugar. Add eggs and 1 teaspoon vanilla; continue beating until light and fluffy
- At low speed, gradually beat in flour mixture until smooth. Add nuts; mix well.
- Drop dough by tablespoonfuls, 3½ inches apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets. Pat each into round about ¼ inch thick.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until lightly browned. Remove cookies to wire rack; cool.
- Make Frosting: In medium bowl, combine confectioners’ sugar, butter, vanilla, and milk; with electric mixer, beat until smooth and creamy. Remove 1 cup of frosting to small bowl. Add chocolate, and beat until well blended.
- Spread half of cookies with white frosting and other half with chocolate frosting, then write popular sayings on cookies, using different colors of decorators, as pictured. Makes 32.
*Sift before measuring.
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