Father Time Cookies

Ingredients

280 gr firmly packed brown sugar
140 gr golden crisco shortening
30 ml milk
14 gr vanilla
1 egg
220 gr all purpose flour
3 gr salt
3 gr baking soda
350 gr semi-sweet chocolate chips
400 gr icing sugar
45 ml water
7 cm

Instructions

water. Mix to blend well. Add additional water, a little at a time, if icing is too stiff. Add additional confectioners sugar if icing is too thin. Add food colour, a few drops at a time, to achieve desired colour. Place icing in pastry bag fitted with small round writing tip. Alternately, place in small resealable plastic bag. Snip very small hole off one corner of each bag. Pipe icing in clock face design onto cookies. Makes: About 3 dozen cookies ----