Chocolate Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. Crisco
3 c. sugar
1 c. cocoa
3 c. milk
2 Tbsp. cloves, powdered
2 tsp. cinnamon
8 tsp. cinnamon
8 tsp. baking powder
8 or 9 c. flour
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Cream Crisco and sugar.
Add cocoa, milk, allspice, cloves, cinnamon, baking powder, vanilla and nuts.
Blend flour, stirring well.
When it starts to get hard to stir with spoon, wash hands thoroughly.
Do not over flour.
Wash hands; get a piece of dough and roll in hand.
If it doesn't stick to hand, it is ready.
If sticky, add more flour.
Spoon dough on an ungreased cookie sheet and roll in hand about 1-inch round, then flatten on sheet.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 10 to 12 minutes.
Ice when cool.