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

1. Preheat oven to 375F. Sift flour with baking soda and salt.
2. 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
3. At low speed, gradually beat in flour mixture until smooth. Add nuts; mix well.
4. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls, 3½ inches apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets. Pat each into round about ¼ inch thick.
5. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until lightly browned. Remove cookies to wire rack; cool.
6. 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.
7. 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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