How Do You Bake Chocolate Snow Drop Cookies For Christmas?
My Grandmother Ruthven always made her Chocolate Snow Drop cookies at Christmastime and I’ve never tasted this delicious recipe anywhere else. The dark, bittersweet chocolate and cake-like consistency of these cookies is surprising and delicious and the dollop of white icing on top makes them look like snow covered peaks. I am happy to put Grandma’s recipe out into the world, so that many hosts and hostesses can experience the oohs and ahhs when people take a bite of these unique Christmas cookies. In a large bowl, stir the beaten eggs into the sugar. Melt the vegetable shortening (the simplest way to do this is to place it in a heat-resistant glass cup and microwave on high for one minute) and stir into the sugar mixture. Melt the chocolate (similar to the vegetable shortening above, but set the microwave at 50-percent power and heat it gradually, in 30-second increments, checking each time to see if it is melted, so that you don’t burn the chocolate). Mix together the flour, baking p
