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Everyone loves chocolate cookies and these festive delights with their snowy frosting are sure to become a family favorite at Christmas or anytime!
Chocolate Nut Drop Cookie Recipe
Makes about 40 cookies
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Ingredients:
- 2 squares of unsweetened chocolate
- 1 3/4 cups of sifted flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 3/4 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/3 cup milk
Directions:
- Melt the unsweetened chocolate in a double boiler or saucepan.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
- Cream the butter and slowly beat in the sugar. Hint: Allow the butter to come to room temperature before creaming. Blend the butter and sugar well. Beat in the egg thoroughly.
- Stir the melted chocolate into the creamed butter and add the vanilla and chopped nuts.
- Add the sifted dry ingredients alternately with the milk, adding a little at a time. Stir until the cookie batter is well mixed.
- Carefully drop by teaspoons on a greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
- Bake the cookies for 8 to 10 minutes. Since oven temperatures differ, be sure to check the cookies after 7 minutes.
- Cool the cookies completely on a wire rack before frosting.
Snowy Frosting Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of confectioners sugar
- 1 tablespoon of milk
- Walnut halves
Directions:
- Measure the confectioners sugar into a small bowl.
- Stir in about 1 tablespoon of milk, or just enough to make the frosting easy to spread and allows the walnut meat to stick to the cookie.
- Beat the entire mixture well.
- Use a spatula to cover each cookie with a small amount of frosting.
- Top each cookie with a walnut meat half.
These chocolate cookies have an almost cake-like texture and are perfect for every special occasion. They are a rich treat, but not overly sweet. Chocolate nut drop cookies make a great addition to your Christmas cookie jar, but are also a nice touch for afternoon tea at anytime during the year. You can also add a sprinkle of red or green colored sugar for an added holiday touch to the snowy frosting. A doily covered plate of these chocolate gems are a super Hostess gift at Christmas or as a thank you on a weekend get-to-gether with friends. Mom always said to never go visiting with empty hands and she was right!
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