Berliner Brot

These are the *best* chocolate cookies in the world! I've always only

had them at Christmas, when we usually pull out all the stops anyhow.

There is so much chocolate in this recipe that no shortening is

required...the cocoa butter in the chocolate provides enough fat.



Here's my Grossmama's recipe for Berliner Brot:



3 eggs 1/2 pound unsweetened chocolate

1 pound brown sugar 1/2 pound cut nut meats

1 t cinnamon l large cup sifted flour

1/4 t cloves



Melt chocolate. Beat eggs 'til foamy. Add sugar, spices, nuts and

flour. Then add melted chocolate. Drop from spoon onto a well

greased pan and bake at 300 degrees for 15 minutes.



You can also spread the batter about 1/2 inch thick in a jelly-roll

pan. My grossmama baked her's this way, but since she used a wood

stove, she gave no oven temperature (moderate) or baking time in her

recipe. 



Merry Christmas, everyone!


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