Chocolate Drop Cookies
A Christmas cookie favorite. This vintage recipe was inspired by the Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook, copyrighted in 1953.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter/margarine
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 eggs
- 2 oz unsweetened chocolate
- 1 3/4 cups flour (sifted)
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°
- Combine butter and shortening in your mixing bowl and cream it together
- Slowly add sugar and continue to mix
- Add egg and mix thoroughly
- Scrape down your bowl
- Add melted chocolate, mixing well
- Sift together flour, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl
- Slowly add your dry mixture and milk to your cream, alternating between the two
- Add vanilla, chopped nuts and stir
- Drop by spoonful onto a baking sheet
- Bake 8 to 10 minutes as cooking times may vary
- Coat with powdered sugar or a frosting