Chocolate Tootsie Roll Cookies

I could be wrong, don't let me get ahead of myself. But I think maybe, just maybe, I invented a new cookie. Surely someone has discovered this delicious combo before, but I scoured the internet and could find no trace. I'm usually somewhat of a cautious baker but we had a ton of tootsie rolls in the candy jar and I felt like branching out. The chocolate cookie recipe is from our Hershey's Cookbook and even though I'm a bit biased, it goes pretty darn well with tootsie rolls.

cream butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl

 add eggs and vanilla

 add flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt

 cut tootsie rolls into thirds

stir tootsie rolls into mixture

  drop by teaspoon on ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 9 minutes

Ingredients:
1 1/4 c. butter, softened
2 c. sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
2 c. unsifted all purpose flour
3/4 c. Hershey's cocoa
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
30 tootsie rolls, unwrapped and cut into thirds

Directions:

Cream butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Add eggs and vanilla. Blend well. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Blend into creamed mixture. Cut tootsie rolls into thirds and stir into mixture. Drop by teaspoon on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 9 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and cool on cookie sheet until set, about 1 minute.
*makes 4 dozen

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