Grandma's Ice Box Cookies

Total Time: 2 hrs 8 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 4 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 well beaten eggs
• 1 1/2 cups shortening
• 12 ounces chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 sift flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt together and set aside.
• 2 cream together shortening and sugars, add eggs.
• 3 mix flour and shortening mixture together.
• 4 divide dough in half, place each half on a sheet of wax paper.
• 5 shape dough into logs along length of wax paper. freeze for 30 minutes.
• 6 melt chocolate chips in double boiler (grandma uses semi-sweet or mint flavored for a surprise, leaving out the peanut butter in that case).
• 7 take one dough log out at a time and roll between 2 sheets of wax paper until it reaches across the paper, a little more than a 1/4" thick.
• 8 spread half of chocolate on dough. roll up, like a jelly roll. return to freezer. repeat with other log.
• 9 allow dough to freeze for at least 30 minutes.
• 10 when ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees. slice cookies to desired thickness.
• 11 bake on greased cookie sheet for 8-10 minutes.