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      Title: Rocky Road Cookies
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 4 servings
 
      2 c  Butter
      1 c  Sugar
      1 tb Baking powder
      1 ts Salt
    1/2 c  Shortening; softened
      2    Unsweetened chocolate
           -squares
           - melted
      2    Eggs
    1/2 c  Milk
      1 ts Rum extract
    1/2 c  Nuts; chopped

           Chocolate frosting:
      1    Unsweetened chocolate
    1/3 c  Milk
      2 c  Powdered sugar
      1 c  Miniature marshmallows
 
     Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and slat in mixing bowl. Add
  shortening, chocolate, eggs, milk and rum extract. Mix until blended and
  smooth, stir in nuts. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets. Bake
  at 350°F for 15-20 min. Cool. Frost.

     CHOCOLATE MARSHMALLOW FROSTING: Melt chocolate in milk in top of double
  boiler over simmering water, stir until smooth. Remove from heat and beat
  in sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, mixing well after each addition. Cool
  slightly, fold in marshmallows. Frost cookies.

  Margaret Garland DFYX18A

  Source: Prize Winning Recipes from the State Fair of Texas, 1976.
 
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