Chocolate Pine Cone Cookies

Ingredients

5/8 c crisco shortening
1 1/2 c firmly packed brown sugar
1 tb water
1 ts vanilla
2 eggs
1 1/2 c all purpose flour
3/8 c cocoa
1/4 ts baking soda
1/2 ts salt
2 c semi-sweet miniature
1/2 c semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 c almonds
5 cm

Instructions

cookie. Arrange toasted almonds in overlapping pattern beginning at the large end on top of chocolate to look like a pine cone. Return to foil to set completely. Repeat with remaining cookies. Makes: About 1 to 1-1/2 dozen pine cones (depending on size) ----