Best Grandma Donnas Chocolate Drop Cookies Recipes
GRANDMA'S CHOCOLATE DROP COOKIES
Calling all chocolate lovers and novice bakers: This one's for you. These chocolate drop cookies are straight from grandma's recipe box, but they definitely don't require her wealth of baking expertise to make yourself. Drop cookies, made from soft dough and dropped onto a baking sheet in balls, are a simple, old-fashioned treat that are prime for personalization. If you like nuts, add them in. Prefer mint chocolate chips to semi-sweet chips? Feel free to substitute. No matter what you add, you're sure to end up with a soft, cake-like cookie that packs on the chocolate flavor. Plus, once you pile on the chocolate icing, it's nearly impossible to have just one.To drop the cookies on your baking sheet, try using a tablespoon cookie scoop. Not only will it help keep your fingers clean, but it will also make sure your cookies come out even.
Provided by Katie Strasberg Rousso
Time 30m
Yield Makes about 2 1/2 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Make the Cookies: Mix shortening, sugar, and egg thoroughly. Stir in buttermilk and vanilla. Sift in dry ingredients and stir. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts if desired. Drop cookies onto prepared baking sheets using a tablespoon cookie scoop. Space cookies 2 inches apart. Bake for 8-10 minutes at 375°.
- Make the Frosting: Cream together cream cheese and butter. Add vanilla and cocoa. Beat until smooth. Add powdered sugar, and mix until smooth. Add milk, adding more if needed for desired consistency. Spread frosting over cookies once completely cooled.
CHOCOLATE DROP COOKIES
These soft, cake-like cookies topped with a creamy cocoa frosting have a pleasant walnut flavor. The recipe makes a lot, so there are plenty of these chocolaty treats to share.-Beth More, Las Vegas, Nevada
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 55m
Yield 4-1/2 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, milk and vanilla. Beat in chocolate until blended. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in walnuts., Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until set. Cool on pans for 1 minute before removing to wire racks to cool completely., In a large bowl, beat the frosting ingredients until smooth. Frost cookies.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 85 calories, Fat 4g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 11mg cholesterol, Sodium 56mg sodium, Carbohydrate 12g carbohydrate (8g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.
GRAMMY'S CHOCOLATE DROP COOKIES
A hefty dose of cocoa powder makes these old-fashioned drop cookies perfect for fans of dark chocolate. The recipe is so simple, it's a natural for preparing with children, who especially love forming the dough into balls and rolling them in sanding sugar.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Yield About 3 1/2 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat sugar and butter on medium speed until mixture is light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla, and beat to combine. Reduce speed to low, and gradually add flour mixture; beat to combine. Form dough into a flattened disk, and chill until firm, about 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Roll each ball in sanding sugar. Place on baking sheets lined with parchment paper, about 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake until set, 10 to 12 minutes, rotating halfway through. Transfer to a rack to cool for 5 minutes. Transfer cookies from baking sheet to wire rack. The cookies can be stored between layers of parchment in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week.
GRANDMA CLARA'S CHOCOLATE DROP COOKIES
i got this recipe from my mother in law, who got it from her mother in law. i am actually baking these as i post this, so hopefully they come out good!!
Provided by grouchgirl
Categories Drop Cookies
Time 20m
Yield 24 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Cream sugar & shortening; add egg and milk, mixing well. Add the remaining ingredients. Drop from spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet about 1" apart. Bake at 350 10-12 minutes. Test with a toothpick like you would for cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 92.8, Fat 2.7, SaturatedFat 0.7, Cholesterol 9.5, Sodium 61.6, Carbohydrate 15.8, Fiber 0.4, Sugar 8.9, Protein 1.4
GREAT GRANDMA'S SOUR CREAM DROP COOKIES
This recipe was on a card tucked into my mom's recipe box; it's pretty similar to a number of variations that seem to be from the 1930s. A note said "flavor with whatever you like" and of all the flavors I played around with, I thought lemon zest balanced the sweet dough the best. These bake up into tender little cakes that make a great base for whoopie pies. Once baked, they freeze well (thaw for an hour or so on the counter to eat), but start losing their tenderness after more than one day at room temperature.
Provided by Jill Lightner
Categories Desserts Cookies Drop Cookie Recipes
Time 25m
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line two rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Cream sugar, shortening, and butter together in the bowl of a stand mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 1 minute.
- Mix in sour cream and lemon zest on low speed until no streaks of sour cream remain. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing on medium-low just until there are no streaks of yolk, and scraping down the sides of the bowl between additions. Add flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder all at once and mix just to combine.
- Drop by heaping tablespoons on the prepared baking sheets, about 2 inches apart.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the tops are puffy and spring back when lightly touched with a finger, about 10 minutes. They should be light golden, with occasional spots of pale golden brown.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 167.9 calories, Carbohydrate 25 g, Cholesterol 24.8 mg, Fat 6.7 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 2.7 g, SaturatedFat 3.2 g, Sodium 115.6 mg, Sugar 11.2 g
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