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ADVENT DAY 9: Today we had fun baking cookies for Neighbor Tom and even more fun licking the mixing bowl!

These cookies are dreamy....here is the recipe:

Chocolate Surprise Cookies:
1/2 cup crisco
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup milk
1 and 1/2 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup cocoa powder
marshmallows--halved
Cream crisco, sugar, egg, vanilla and milk. Beat well. Add dry ingredients. Drop on lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake 375 degrees 8 minutes. Remove from oven, put cut side of marshmallow down on cookie and return to the oven for 2 minutes. As they come out of oven, mash marshmallows a little. Cool before frosting.
Frosting (mix together):
1 and 1/4 cups of confectioners sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 and 1/2 TBS melted butter
2 and 1/2 TBS cocoa powder
2 and 1/2 TBS milk

ADVENT DAY 10: No pictures this time....in fact, I am writing this standing up with a toothbrush in hand. The compter just happens to be on the path to my bed. However, I owe it to my 2 devoted readers to post this simple sentence...Today Kinsley and Hallie unwrapped new Christmas plates, cups and utensils. Kinsley was not tremendously impressed.