#478 - Chocolate Walnut Cookies

(by Shirley McNevich)

1/2 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
2 squares melted Hershey's baking chocolate
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2/3 cup sifted cake flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup chopped walnuts
walnut halves for the tops of each cookie

In a mixer, add butter and white sugar--beat. Add egg and beat. Add melted baking chocolate and vanilla--beat. Add cake flour, salt and chopped walnuts--beat well. Drop by teaspoonsful on to greased cookie sheets. Place a walnut half on the top/middle of each cookie. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

#477 - Marble Cake

(by Shirley McNevich)

3/4 cup butter
2 cups white sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 cups cake flour
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 cup milk
5 egg whites (stiffly beaten)
2 squares Hershey's baking chocolate (melted)

In a mixer, beat the butter and white sugar. Add vanilla and beat. In a separate bowl, sift the cake flour and the baking powder TWICE, then slowly add to the batter along with the milk--beat until creamy. Remove bowl from mixer. In a separate mixing bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff. Fold the egg whites into the batter using a spoon. Melt the chocolate (either in a double boiler or the microwave). Remove one cup of the batter and add it to the melted chocolate and stir. Pour the cake batter into a greased and floured 9 x 13 cake pan. Using a spoon, drop spoonsful of the chocolate/batter mixture on to the cake. Use a table knife and swirl the chocolate into the white batter until it is streaked with chocolate. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes. Cool the cake and frost with your choice of frosting.