Soft Drop Chocolate Cookies

Yield:
5 dozen (2 cookies per serving)

Preparation Time:
20 min, plus 1 hour of refrigerating dough

Ingredients:

  1. 4 squares (4 oz.) unsweetened baking chocolate
  2. 3/4 cup (1 1/2- sticks) butter
  3. 2 cups granulated sugar
  4. Cookies:
  5. 3 eggs
  6. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  7. 2 1/2 cups flour
  9. Glaze:
  10. 1 tub (8 oz.) frozen whipped topping
  11. 6 squares (6 oz.) semisweet baking chocolate
Directions:

Cookies:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Microwave unsweetened chocolate and butter in large microwavable bowl on HIGH 2 minutes or until butter is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Add sugar; mix well. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Add flour; mix well. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour or until dough is easy to handle.

Shape dough into 1-inch balls; place 2 inches apart on greased baking sheets or parchment paper lined baking sheets.

Bake 8 minutes or just until set. (Do not overbake.) Let stand on baking sheet 1 minute then transfer to wire rack. Cool completely.

Glaze:
Place frozen whipped topping and semisweet chocolate in microwavable bowl. Microwave on HIGH 1-1/2- minutes or until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is shiny and smooth, stirring after 1 minute. Let stand 15 minutes to thicken. Spread over cookies. Let stand until glaze is set.


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