Chocolate Drop Sugar Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup hershey cocoa
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup buttermilk (see note) or 1/3 cup sour milk (see note)
• sugar, for sprinkling

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350.
• 2 lightly grease cookie sheet.
• 3 beat butter and sugar in large bowl until well blended.
• 4 add egg and vanilla; beat until fluffy.
• 5 stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; alternately with buttermilk to butter mixture.
• 6 using ice cream scoop or 1/4 measuring cup, drop dough about 2" apart onto prepared cookie sheet (i just used a tablespoon and made regular sized cookies).
• 7 bake 13 to 15 minutes or until cookie springs back when touched lightly in center.
• 8 while cookies are on cookie sheet, sprinkle lightly with additional sugar.
• 9 cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
• 10 cool completely.
• 11 note: to sour milk: use 1 teaspoon vinegar plus milk to equal 1/3 cup.