"Chocolate 'N Pecan Surprises"
Ingredients | | 1 | cup | shortening, softened | | 2 | cup | brown sugar, firmly packed | | 2 | each | eggs | | 1 | teaspoon | vanilla | | 1 1/2 | cup | flour, all-purpose, sifted | | 1 | teaspoon | baking soda | | 1 | teaspoon | salt | | 3 | cup | quaker oats, uncooked (quick or old-fashioned) | | 1 | | milk chocolate bars | | 1 | | pecan halves | | | | | | Directions:
| Beat shortening and sugar together until creamy. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Sift together flour, soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture; blend well. Stir in oats. Chill dough several hours or overnight. Shape to form 1-inch balls.
Place on ungreased cookie sheets, about 2 inches apart. Bake in preheated moderate oven (375 F) 10 to 12 minutes.
Immediately place a small square of milk chocolate bar on each. Remove cookies from cookie sheets; press pecan half into chocolate.
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