Mid-Atlantic Gardening: A virtual Holiday Cookie exchange. , 1 by ladygardener1

ladygardener1 wrote:
Knocked out another batch of cookies today!
Try these if you can find the Chocolate stars, thats the hard part. lol

Chocolate Star Cookies

50-60 cookies

1 cup Crisco
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 box Brach chocolate stars

Preheat oven to 375°.
In a large mixing bowl, beat together Crisco, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, water and vanilla until well mixed.
Add the flour, baking soda & salt to the mixing bowl and mix well.
Cover and refrigerate dough for 30 minutes.
Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
Place in preheated oven and bake for 9-11 minutes or until light brown.
As soon as you remove the cookies from the oven, place a chocolate star on the top of each cookie.