Cottage Cheese Cookies

Name: Cottage Cheese Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 72
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 118 milliliters confectioners sugar; 473 milliliters cottage cheese; 4 eggs; 1 liters all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters chopped pecans; 1 teaspoon salt; 473 milliliters shortening; 237 milliliters unsweetened cocoa powder; 4 teaspoons vanilla extract; 828 milliliters white sugar

Cottage Cheese Cookies requires roughly 20 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 72. One serving contains 149 calories, 2g of protein, and 7g of fat. A mixture of shortening, salt, cocoa powder, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

In a medium bowl, cream together the shortening and white sugar, until smooth. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the vanilla.

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Granulated Sugar

Shortening

Vanilla

Cream

Egg

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Bowl

Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cocoa; gradually stir into the creamed mixture. Fold in the cottage cheese and pecans. Cover dough and refrigerate for 1 hour.

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Cottage Cheese

Baking Soda

Pecans

Cocoa Powder

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

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Oven

Roll the dough into walnut sized balls then roll the balls in the confectioners' sugar.

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Powdered Sugar

Walnuts

Dough

Roll

Place the cookies 2 inches apart on the cookie sheet.

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Baking Sheet

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

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Baking Sheet

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