Chocolate Crinkles

Ingredients

1/2 cup shortening

1 2/3 cup sugar

2 tsp. vanilla

2 eggs

2 squares chocolate

2 cups flour

2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

1/3 cup milk

1/2 cup walnuts

Directions

Cream shortening, sugar, and vanilla. Beat in eggs, then chocolate. Sift dry ingredients, add to creamed mixture, alternately with milk. Chill dough. Form 1 inch balls, dip tops in sugar. Place on greased cookie sheet 2-3 inches apart. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Makes 4 dozen.

Notes

This is Connie's treat. She made these a lot when we lived in town.