Chocolate Drop Cookies

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup milk
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 baking chocolate squares, melted
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• milk

Recipe

• 1 cream shortening, butter and sugar, add eggs and beat, using a hand held mixer.
• 2 add melted chocolate, then add in thirds the dry ingredients, milk and flavoring.
• 3 drop spoonfuls (i use a regular spoon from the utensil drawer) of batter on cookie sheet and bake at 400 for 8 - 10 minutes.
• 4 when cookies have cooled, start making the powdered sugar frosting.
• 5 begin with powdered sugar, adding about 1 tbl of milk at a time, until it has a consistency of a thin batter.
• 6 frost cookies, let the frosting harden (if you can wait that long), and enjoy.