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Chocolate Drop Cookies

Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Jan 23, 2007
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Get a double hit of chocolate with rich and chocolaty cookies topped with deep chocolate frosting.

Chocolate Drop Cookies

  • Prep Time 50 min
  • Total 1 hr 30 min
  • Servings 36
  • Ingredients 13
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Ingredients

Cookies

  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1/3 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 2 oz unsweetened baking chocolate, melted, cooled
  • 1 3/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Chocolate Frosting

  • 2 oz unsweetened baking chocolate
  • 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 3 tablespoons hot water
Make With
Gold Medal Flour

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 400°F. Grease cookie sheet with shortening or cooking spray.
  • Step 
    2
    In large bowl, beat granulated sugar, 1/2 cup butter, the buttermilk, vanilla, egg and 2 ounces melted chocolate with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt.
  • Step 
    3
    On cookie sheet, drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart.
  • Step 
    4
    Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched in center. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  • Step 
    5
    In 2-quart saucepan, melt 2 ounces chocolate and 2 tablespoons butter over low heat, stirring occasionally; remove from heat. Stir in powdered sugar and hot water until smooth. (If frosting is too thick, add more water, 1 teaspoon at a time. If frosting is too thin, add more powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time.) Spread over cookies.

Nutrition

120 Calories
5g Total Fat
1g Protein
18g Total Carbohydrate
12g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
120
Calories from Fat
45
Total Fat
5g
8%
Saturated Fat
3g
16%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
15mg
5%
Sodium
80mg
3%
Potassium
40mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate
18g
6%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
12g
Protein
1g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
2%
2%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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