Categories: Cookies, Ethnic, German 
      Yield: 48 servings 
  
      1 pk Pillsbury Plus German 
           - chocolate cake mix 
    1/2 c  Instant Mashed potato flakes 
      1 ts Cream of tartar 
      1 ts Cinnamon 
    3/4 c  Butter/margarine , melted 
      3 tb Milk 
      1    Egg 
    1/2 c  Chopped nuts 
    1/4 c  To 1/2 c sugar 
 
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      1 c  Powdered sugar 
      2 ts Unsweetened cocoa 
      1 tb Soft margarine or butter 
      1 tb To 2 tb milk 
  
  Heat oven to 350. Combine first 7 ingredients; blend well. Stir in nuts. 
  Let stand 5 minutes. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls into sugar; gently toss 
  until sugar coated. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. 
   
  Bake at 350 for 8 to 10 minutes.  (Cookies will be soft in center.)  Cool 1 
  minute; remove from pans. 
   
  If desired, frost cookies. Combine frosting ingredients; blend until 
  smooth.  Spread on cooled cookies. Yield: 4 to 5 dozen. HIGH ALTITUDE -- 
  above 3500 feet: bake at 375 for 10 to 12 minutes. From: Pillsbury 
  America's Bake-off, 1978.