Chewy Chocolate Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 3/4 c. sifted cake flour
1/2 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. cocoa
1/2 c. shortening
1 c. sugar
1 egg
1/2 c. milk
1/2 c. chopped pecans
1 tsp. vanilla
36 marshmallows, halved
pecan halves

Preparation

Sift flour; measure and sift again with soda, salt and cocoa. Cream shortening.
Add sugar gradually, blending thoroughly.
Add eggs and beat well.
Add flour mixture and milk alternately, beating after each addition.
Add chopped nuts and vanilla; mix. Drop mixture by level teaspoonful about 2-inches apart onto well-greased cookie sheet.
Cookie will spread.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 8 minutes; top with marshmallow half, out side down.
Return to oven and bake 2 minutes, until marshmallows soften.
Cool.
Frost with cocoa frosting.
Top each cookie with pecan half.
Makes 6 dozen.