_5 to 6 dozen cookies_
1 cup softened butter or margarine
1¼ cups sugar
2 eggs
2 ounces (2 squares) unsweetened chocolate, melted
½ teaspoon vanilla
2⅔ cups flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
¼ cup sugar
Beat fat and 1¼ cups sugar until creamy. Beat in eggs; add melted
chocolate and vanilla.
Mix flour, cream of tartar, soda, and salt. Stir into chocolate
mixture; blend well. Chill dough.
Shape dough into balls about 1 inch in diameter. Roll balls in ¼ cup
sugar and place about 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake
at 400° F. (hot oven) 8 to 10 minutes.
Remove from baking sheet while warm.
_Variations_
_Cinnamon-sugar cookies._—Omit chocolate. Roll balls of dough in a
mixture of ¼ cup sugar and 1 tablespoon cinnamon; bake as directed.
_Chocolate chip cookies._—In place of 1½ cups granulated sugar, use ½
cup granulated sugar and 1 cup brown sugar. Beat sugars with butter or
margarine. Omit the chocolate. Stir ⅔ cup chopped nuts and 1 package
(12 ounces) chocolate chips into the dough. Drop dough from a teaspoon
onto an ungreased baking sheet and bake as directed.