Nutty Chocolate-Irish Cream Cookies

Infuse sugar cookies with coffee shop flavors and a creamy, dreamy frosting. MORE+ LESS-

By Pillsbury Kitchens

March 28, 2014

Bake-Off® Contest 45, 2012

Anita Van Gundy

Des Moines, Iowa

Ingredients

package Pillsbury™ Ready to Bake!™ refrigerated sugar cookies

1/3

cup baking cocoa

tablespoons Irish cream-flavored coffee syrup or Irish cream-flavored creamer

1 1/4

cups mixed nuts, chopped

cups powdered sugar

tablespoons unsalted or salted butter

1/2

teaspoon pure vanilla extract

to 2 tablespoons milk

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1

Heat oven to 350°F. Spray cookie sheets with Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray. In large bowl, mix cookie dough, cocoa and 2 tablespoons of the flavored syrup with wooden spoon or knead with hands until well blended. Stir in 3/4 cup of the nuts. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto cookie sheets.
2

Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until edges are set. Cool 5 minutes. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
3

Meanwhile, in medium bowl, beat powdered sugar, butter, remaining 2 tablespoons flavored syrup, vanilla and enough milk for desired frosting consistency with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes or until smooth.
4

Frost cooled cookies; sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup nuts. Store loosely covered.