Chocolate Drop Cookies

This is one of many, many recipes I got from my mom's recipe file. The handwriting looks most like Grandma's, so I'm going to credit her. When I find the recipe for chocolate butter frosting, I'll link it here. This is one of many recipes that let you use up any milk that's gone sour in the most delicious way possible.

CHOCOLATE DROP COOKIES
1 egg, well beaten
1 cup brown sugar
1 t. vanilla extract
½ cup shortening, melted
2 1 oz. squares unsweetened chocolate, melted
1⅔ cups cake flour
½ t. salt
½ t. baking soda
½ cup milk (sweet or sour)
½ cup chopped or broken walnuts

Preheat oven to 350° F. Sift together dry ingredients. In another bowl, beat egg and sugar together until light; add vanilla, melted shortening and chocolate. Blend well. Add sifted dry ingredients, alternating with the milk, until well incorporated. Stir in nuts. Drop from teaspoon 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes. While still warm, frost with chocolate butter frosting.

Makes 2½ dozen cookies.

Contributor: Norma Eriksson