#3115 - Frosted Vanilla Cookies

(by Becky Lynn Mohr - friend)

2 cups flour
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup Crisco shortening
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. salt
Frosting: 3 TBSP softened butter; 3 TBSP boiling water; 3 TBSP Hershey's cocoa; enough Domino's powdered sugar until spreadable

In a mixer add Crisco and egg--beat. Add white sugar, buttermilk, vanilla, salt and baking soda--beat. Slowly add flour--beat. Drop batter by spoonfuls on to greased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Cool completely. Frosting--in a mixer add softened butter and cocoa--beat. Add boiling water--beat until smooth. Add powdered sugar a little at a time and beat until spreadable. Frost the cookies.