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Title: Aunt Maude'S Chocolate Drop Cookies
Yield: 1

Ingredients

      2 c  all purpose flour
    1/2 ts baking soda
    1/2 ts salt 1/2 cup vegetable
           -shortening
      2 oz unsweetened chocolate;
           -chopped
      1 c  firmly packed golden brown
           -sugar
      1 lg egg
    1/2 c  sour cream
      1 ts vanilla extract
      1    chocolate icing; (see
           -recipe)
 
  ------------------------CHOCOLATE ICING-------------------------------
    1/4 c  coffee
  1 1/2 oz unsweetened chocolate;
           -chopped
  1 3/4 c  powdered sugar; sifted

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F. Grease 2 heavy large baking sheets. Sift 2 cups
flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda and 1/2 teaspoon salt into medium bowl.
Stir 1/2 cup vegetable shortening and unsweetened chocolate in heavy small
saucepan over low heat until chocolate melts and mixture is smooth.
Transfer mixture to large bowl. Cool slightly. Add 1 cup brown sugar and
beat until blended. Add egg and beat until blended. Stir in dry
ingredients, then 1/2 cup sour cream and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Drop
batter by tablespoonfuls onto prepared sheets, spacing evenly.

Bake until cookies feel firm to touch, about 10 minutes. Transfer cookies
to rack and cool. Drizzle warm icing decoratively over cookies.

Stir coffee and chopped chocolate in heavy medium saucepan over low heat
until chocolate melts and mixture is smooth. Remove from heat. Whisk in
powdered sugar. Use immediately.

Makes 3 Dozen.

Bon Appetit February 1995

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