Chocolate Drop Cookies
I was looking for an easy to make drop cookie recipe I could whip up for a party I was hosting. The Chocolate Drop Cookies seemed perfect because I know everyone loves chocolate and frosting and chopped nuts. A perfect cookie combination! After tasting the finished cookies, I thought the they were good, but I was amazed how much everyone said they loved them! Grandma Bess’ Chocolate Drop Cookies with Chocolate Cream Frosting were the hit of the party!
I normally rate drop cookies recipes 1-start, but I’m rating Chocolate Drop Cookies 2-stars because of the added steps for the frosting and chopped nuts. The cookies were easy to make and quick to put together once I got the consistency of the cookie dough and frosting just right.
As normal, I got started by pulling all my ingredients together. Once again, I substituted butter for shortening.
Per the recipe, I started mixing together the brown sugar and butter. Next I added and mixed together the rest of the ingredients. I was surprised to see the dough looked just like a cake dough. Very creamy and smooth.
I wasn’t sure how this creamy dough was going to bake. It seemed like it would spread out, not holding the shape of the cookie. I baked a test batch to see. I was pleasantly surprised to see the cookies kept their shape and turned out perfect!
Since the test batch baked up nicely, I was ready to bake the rest of the cookies. I tried to drop the same amount of dough for each cookie so they would be consistent in size. About 1/2 teaspoon was the perfect amount as the cookies spread out into a perfectly round cookie.
The cookies were fun to watch bake! They puffed up and formed nice round cookies.
I baked each batch for 15 minutes. The cookies flattened out when I look them out of the oven. They were pretty easy to take off the greased cookie sheet.
I let the cookies cool completely and started making the frosting.
The Chocolate Drop Cookies recipes say to frost the cookies when cooled, but it doesn’t provide a frosting recipe. So, I went back to Cookies by Bess to see what I could find. Cookies by Bess has a bunch of frosting recipes and several chocolate frosting recipes to choose from. I decided on the Chocolate Cream Frosting because I liked the idea of chocolate frosting with chocolate cookies. Chocolate on chocolate…yum!
I have to admit, the Chocolate Cream Frosting recipe was a little confusing for me. It calls for a 16 oz package of chocolate bits, or 1 cup. 16 oz is actually 2 cups of chocolate bits. I used the full 16 oz, but didn’t double the rest of the recipe because I just wasn’t sure based on the recipe.
I melted the chocolate bits and the butter together. The recipe doesn’t say to do this, but it seemed to make sense to melt the two together. The recipe calls for 1/4 cup milk, I decided to use the left over evaporated milk from the Chocolate Drop Cookies recipe instead of the fat free milk I had in the refrigerator. Not sure what difference that made, but I thought it would make the frosting creamier.
After all that, the frosting turned out pretty thick. I continued to add evaporated milk to try to loosen it up. In the end, I added about ½ cup more milk. It helped some, but the frosting was still a bit thicker than I expected.
Next, I got ready to frost the cookies.
The frosting was thick, but it was also smooth! It ended up being the perfect consistency and looked great!
Next, I added the nuts. The recipe doesn’t specify the type of nuts, so I decided to use both walnuts and pecans.
The finished cookies looked great! A fancy looking chocolate cookie that has it all! Chocolate cookie, chocolate frosting, and nuts on top!
As I mentioned, my friends loved these Chocolate Drop Cookies with Chocolate Cream Frosting! I had to make a few adjustments to the recipes, but the end result cookies were a huge hit with my friends and family!
If you love chocolate, you’ll love these cookies! An easy drop cookie with yummy frosting…who can resist?
XXOO,
Janet
Chocolate Drop Cookies
Ingredients
1 cup brown sugar
½ cup shortening
2 sq. melted chocolate
¼ cup evaporated milk with ¼ cup water
1 ½ cups cake flour
¼ tsp salt
½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
Cream shortening and sugar and mix well. Add melted chocolate and vanilla and mix well. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with water and milk mixture and mix very well. Drop from teaspoon on greased cookie sheets and bake at 375 degrees from 15 – 20 minutes. When cool, frost and sprinkle with chopped nuts.
Notes
Chocolate Cream Frosting
16 oz package chocolate bits (1 cup), melted
2 Tbs butter
1 egg yolk
1 ½ cups confectioner’s sugar (sifted)
¼ cup milk
Combine and mix until smooth and of spreading consistency.
Recipe Yield
Makes about 4 - 5 dozen cookies 1x
Chocolate Drop Cookies
Cookie Difficulty Rating
“CHOKLATO” … “CHOKLATO” ….. Who doesn’t like chocolate ??? These, naturally, fall into the category of “everybody’s”favorite !!! THANX, JANET …….. This one is a WINNER, as usual ….. Which is why I grew up to be a ‘COOKIE MONSTER” … HAVING BESS AS A MOTHER !!!!!!!! How lucky we were !!!!! To all you out there ……… KEEP BAKING COOKIES and FILLING THAT COOKIE JAR … The family LOVES it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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