Devils Food Drop Cookies

DEVIL'S FOOD DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350℉ (180℃). Grease cookie sheets. In large bowl, beat brown sugar and ½ cup butter until light and fluffy. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla, chocolate and egg; blend well. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. In small bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. Add dry ingredients and sour cream to chocolate mixture; mix well. Stir in walnuts. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls 2 inch apart on greased cookie sheets. Bake at 350℉ (180℃) F for 10 to 14 minutes or until set. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets. Cool completely. Frosting: In a small bowl, combine all frosting ingredients, adding enough milk for desired spreading consistency; blend until smooth. Spread on cooled cookies. Allow frosting to set before storing.

DEVIL'S FOOD COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine cake mix, eggs, water, oil and flour in large bowl.
• Beat on low speed until all ingredients are moistened; then beat on high speed for 2 minutes.
• Dough will be sticky.
• Fold in chocolate pieces and peanut butter chips until evenly distributed.
• Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheet, spacing 2 inches apart.
• Bake for 12 to 14 minutes.
• Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet on a wire rack for 4 to 5 minutes or until firm.
• Serve slightly warm or store in an airtight container.

DEVIL'S FOOD COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl mix the flour, sugr, cocoa powdrer, salt and baking soda. Once these dry ingredients are combined, add the melted butter and mix thoroughly.
• Add the beaten egg and mix thoroughly. Add the strong coffee and mix thoroughly.
• Chill the dough in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour. Overnight is fine too.
• When you're ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350.
• Roll the dough into 1" diameter balls with your hands. This dough may be sticky, so roll only enough for the cookies you plan to bake immediately and return the bowl to the refrigerator. Roll the dough balls in the bowl of sugar and place them on a greased cookie sheet, 12 balls to a standard sheet. Flatten slightly with the heel of your clean hand so they won't roll off on the way to the oven.
• Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes. Cool on the cookie sheet for 1 minute and then move to wire rack to cool completely. If you leave them on the cookie sheet longer they will stick.
• White Icing - Mix the powdered sugar with the vanilla and the salt. Add the light cream gradually until the icing is the consistency you want. Put icing into a plastic food storage bag. Twist the top closed and cut off one of the bottom corners to let out the icing. Squeeze it out and drizzle it in fine lines over the cookies.
• Chocolate Icing - Mix the powdered sugar with the cocoa. Blend it until the resulting mixture is a uniform color. Add the vanilla and the salt. Add the light cream gradually until the icing is the consistency you want. Put icing into a plastic food storage bag. Twist the top closed and cut off one of the bottom corners to let out the icing. Squeeze it out and drizzle it in fine lines over the cookies.
• Let the icing dry completely and then pack in single layers in a box lined with wax paper. Do not stack them!

DEVIL'S FOOD DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream margarine and sugar till fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Stir in chocolate. Sift together all dry ingredients, adding to chocolate mixture alternately with the sour cream. Mix well and stir in walnuts. Drop from teaspoon, 2 inches apart, on foil-covered cookie sheet (dull-side-up). Bake at 350° for 10 minutes or just until done. Remove and cool. Frost with Mocha Frosting. Mocha Frosting: Cream margarine, coffee, cocoa, and salt; slowly cream in 1 cup of the sugar, then add remaining 2 cups sugar, milk, and vanilla. Beat until smooth.

DEVILS FOOD DROP COOKIES (WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING)

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Beat in egg and vanilla.
• Stir in melted chocolate.
• Sift dry ingredients and add to chocolate mixture alternately with sour cream. Mix well.
• Add nuts if desired.
• Bake 10 minutes at 350 and cool on wire rack. Frost with cream cheese frosting.
• For frosting: Mix together until creamy. Add additional powdered sugar if needed.