German Chocolate Cookie Treats

German chocolate cookie treats

½ cup (one stick) butter

½ cup Crisco stick

1 ¼ cups granulated sugar

¼ cup brown sugar

Cream until smooth.  Add:

2 ounces German Sweet Chocolate, melted

Stir and add:

2 eggs

1 teaspoon coffee (liquid) or moch powder

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Combine and add:

3 ¼ cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

¾ teaspoon salt

Mix thoroughly and add:

1 cup toffee bits

1 cup pecans

1 cup coconut

Use a tablespoon cookie scoop and place the dough 2-inches apart on a parchment lined cookie sheet.  Bake at 350° for 13 minutes.   Makes 70 cookies.

Top with ganache.

½ cup hot cream

1 tablespoon light corn syrup

6 ounces

German Sweet Chocolate

Stir until chocolate is melted and shiny.  Spoon over cooled cookies.

Ginger is looking almost as good as my cookies in her chocolate brocade evening gown.  I love the back train detail. This dress was a bit of a pain to construct, but worth the effort.

Ginger has been on a brief hiatus from men, but she is making a big splash (literally) with shipping tycoon, Marco Andropolis.  If she was "that kind of girl" she would be sporting a gorgeous diamond bracelet, but she declined.  Her replacement gift?  Just a dinner at the White House.  I bet she caught  the roving eye of JFK.