Frosted Chocolate Drop Cookies
by RetroRuth | Nov 14, 2019 |

From The Electric Company Home Service Bureau, 1940

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Cookie
½ cup butter
1 cup light brown sugar
1 egg
2 oz unsweetened chocolate
1 ½ cups cake flour
¼ tsp salt
½ tsp baking powder
1 cup walnuts
¼ cup evaporated milk
¼ cup water
1 tsp vanilla
Frosting
1 ½ oz unsweetened chocolate
1 egg yolk, slightly beaten
3 tbsp evaporated milk
1 ¼ cups powdered sugar
Cake
1Cream butter, add sugar and blend well.
2Add egg, beat until light and fluffy. Add chocolate and blend well.
3Sift dry ingredients together; add nuts. Mix evaporated milk and water.
4Add dry ingredients alternately with milk to creamed mixture. Add vanilla.
5Drop by tablespoons onto greased or parchment covered cookie sheets. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes, or until puffed and springy in the center.
6Spread with frosting while still warm.
Yield: 3 dozen
Frosting
7Stir in egg yolk (if using) milk into melted chocolate, slowly. Add powdered sugar slowly until consistency to spread. (You might not use all of the powdered sugar)
Ingredients
Cookie
½ cup butter
1 cup light brown sugar
1 egg
2 oz unsweetened chocolate
1 ½ cups cake flour
¼ tsp salt
½ tsp baking powder
1 cup walnuts
¼ cup evaporated milk
¼ cup water
1 tsp vanilla
Frosting
1 ½ oz unsweetened chocolate
1 egg yolk, slightly beaten
3 tbsp evaporated milk
1 ¼ cups powdered sugar
Directions
Cake
1Cream butter, add sugar and blend well.
2Add egg, beat until light and fluffy. Add chocolate and blend well.
3Sift dry ingredients together; add nuts. Mix evaporated milk and water.
4Add dry ingredients alternately with milk to creamed mixture. Add vanilla.
5Drop by tablespoons onto greased or parchment covered cookie sheets. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes, or until puffed and springy in the center.
6Spread with frosting while still warm.
Yield: 3 dozen
Frosting
7Stir in egg yolk (if using) milk into melted chocolate, slowly. Add powdered sugar slowly until consistency to spread. (You might not use all of the powdered sugar)
Frosted Chocolate Drop Cookies