Chocolate Potato Cookies

Chocolate Potato Cookies? Think that sounds kinda gross? Think again. I am here to tell you that these cookies were a shot in the dark that turned out pretty decent. Unlike the pie from last week, which I wasn't such a great fan of, I actually liked these. They were very moist and chewy cookies and, of course, you can add fun stuff to make them more interesting. Here is the recipe from the Tasty Taters Potato Cookbook again.

Chocolate Potato Cookies
2 c brown sugar (I didn't pack mine in at all and it worked fine)
1/2 c shortening (I used butter because my shortening was emitting a
rather...uh...rancid odor)
1 c mashed potatoes
2 eggs
4 oz unsweetened chocolate, melted (I didn't have unsweetened so I used a little less of
the sweetened and just threw in some cocoa powder, but my chocolate flavor wasn't
great at the end so I'm thinking it must make a bit of a difference here)
1 tsp vanilla
3 c flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
1 c buttermilk

Cream the sugar with your shortening (or butter, or margarine, whatever form of fat tickles your fancy) and then stir in the potato, eggs, chocolate and vanilla. In a separate bowl mix your dry ingredients. Blend dry ingredients into the creamed mixture alternately with the buttermilk. Be careful not to overbeat. The dough isn't as thick as say for chocolate chip cookies, it is pretty sticky, but please not that that is the way it is supposed to be. Also note that here is where I went a little crazy and since it seemed so boring I added in some mini chocolate chips and some almonds. I also think some caramel chunks or peanut butter chips would be delicious!

Drop onto a greased cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes at 375 or until set. Very soft, very moist, very chewy. Enjoy!

-Cayenne
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