Hello from TINA KASHIAN! I have a sweet tooth, especially for chocolate. I baked these cookies with my two daughters during the holidays, and they came out quite tasty. They are not overly sweet and are a perfect dessert. They are also good as a morning treat with a cup of coffee or tea.
Ingredients:
1 cup shortening
2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
Pinch of salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon nutmeg
3 squares (3 ounces) unsweetened chocolate, melted
2 eggs
2 ½ cups flour
1 cup buttermilk
confectioners' sugar (optional)
Directions:
Cream shortening with the brown sugar.
Microwave 3 squares (3 ounces) of unsweetened chocolate until melted.
Blend in the salt, baking soda, spices and melted chocolate. Beat in the eggs Add the flour alternately with the buttermilk.
Chill the dough for at least an hour. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Drop teaspoons of the dough onto cookie sheets.
Bake for 15-20 minutes. Cool on wire racks. If you like a little extra sweetness, sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.
Enjoy!
Tina writes the Kebab Kitchen Mediterranean mystery series set at the Jersey Shore.
My most recent book is Mistletoe, Moussaka & Murder, the fifth book in my Kebab Kitchen Mediterranean mystery series. The murder takes place during the Polar Bear Plunge at the Jersey shore during the Holiday Season. Family recipes are shared in the back of all my books.
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Not
even her impending nuptials can keep Lucy Berberian, manager of her
family-owned Kebab Kitchen, from the Jersey Shore’s annual Polar Bear Plunge.
But her dive into the icy ocean is especially chilling when she finds a fellow
swimmer doing the dead man’s float—for real . . .
Who would kill a man in cold blood during Ocean Crest, New Jersey’s most
popular winter event? When Lucy learns the victim is Deacon Spooner, the
reception hall owner who turned up his nose—and his price—at her wedding plans,
she can’t help wondering who wouldn’t kill the pompous caterer . . .
Perhaps the culprit is the wedding cake baker whose career Deacon nearly
destroyed? Or the angry bride whose reception he ruined? With her maid of
honor, Katie, busily planning Lucy’s wedding without her, Lucy will have to get
to the bottom of this cold-hearted business in time for Kebab Kitchen’s
mouthwatering Christmas celebration—and before her hometown’s holiday spirit
washes out to sea . . .
Recipes included!
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Tina Kashian is an attorney and a former mechanical engineer whose love of reading for pleasure helped her get through years of academia. Tina spent her childhood summers at the Jersey shore building sandcastles, boogie boarding, and riding the boardwalk Ferris wheel. She also grew up in the restaurant business, as her Armenian parents owned a restaurant for thirty years. Tina still lives in New Jersey with her supportive husband and two daughters.
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