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Chocolate Lover's Drop Cookies

Chocolate Lover's Drop Cookies
Whenever a friend, who is a chocolate lover, is having a difficult time or simply could use a pick me up, I bake these soft, cake-like cookies. I make little surprise package and deliver them. Life really is better with chocolate.—Rachelle White, Wickenburg, Arizona
60 ServingsPrep: 15 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk
  • 1 egg
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2/3 cup baking cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 package (10 ounces) 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate baking chips
  • 1 cup ground walnuts

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat
  • in the buttermilk, egg and vanilla until smooth. Combine the flour,
  • cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and
  • mix well. Stir in chocolate chips and walnuts. Cover and refrigerate
  • for 1 hour.
  • Drop dough by heaping teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake
  • at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until edges are firm. Remove to
  • wire racks. Yield: 5 dozen.
Nutrition Facts: 1 cookie equals 111 calories,
© Taste of Home 2013

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Nutrition Facts: 6 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 12 mg cholesterol, 67 mg sodium, 15 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein.
© Taste of Home 2013