Grandma Claras Chocolate Drop Cookies Food

GRANDMA'S CHOCOLATE DROP COOKIES

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.

GRANDMA'S CHOCOLATE DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a cookie sheet; set aside. In a small microwave-safe bowl, combine shortening and chocolate. Microwave on 100 percent power (high) for 30 to 60 seconds or until shortening is just melted and chocolate is softened; stir until smooth. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat egg and brown sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and melted chocolate mixture; beat well.
• In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and salt. Alternately beat flour mixture and milk into chocolate mixture just until combined. If desired, stir in nuts. Drop dough by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheet. Bake in the preheated oven about 10 minutes or until edges are firm. Transfer cookies to a wire rack; let cool.
• If desired, spread about 1 tablespoon Creamy Filling on the flat sides of half of the cookies. Top with the remaining cookies, flat sides down. Makes 44 cookies or 22 sandwich cookies. Creamy Filling
• In a medium bowl, combine shortening, granulated sugar, milk, water, vanilla, and salt. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed for 5 to 7 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add powdered sugar and beat for 5 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Makes about 1 1/2 cups. You can also frost these cookies with purchased or homemade vanilla or chocolate frosting. Or for ice cream sandwiches, use softened ice cream in place of the Creamy Filling, individually wrap sandwiches with plastic wrap, and freeze for 2 hours or until firm. Layer filled or unfilled cookies between sheets of waxed paper in an airtight container; cover. Store at room temperature for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months. To serve, thaw cookies if frozen. If desired, prepare filling as directed and assemble sandwich cookies as directed in Step 4.

GRANDMA CLARA'S CHOCOLATE DROP COOKIES

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.

GRANDMA'S OATMEAL DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F.
• First, mix the following together thoroughly in a blender: shortening, eggs, sugar and molasses.
• ** I find its easier to measure the molasses when hot, so I stick the bottle in the microwave for a few seconds, and heat up my metal measuring spoon on the stove (careful).
• Second, in a separate bowl, sift together the following: flour, soda, salt and cinnammon.
• After these are sifted, slowly add them to the mixer with the ingredients from the first step.
• Mix until fairly smooth, no lumps.
• Fold in the oats and raisins.
• This is pretty tough on the mixer, so unless you have a good one, you may want to do this by hand.
• To bake, drop rounded teaspoonfuls (or whatever size cookies you want) on a lightly greased baking sheet, approx 2" apart.
• I like to press the center of the cookie down a bit, so it cooks evenly.
• Cook for approximately 8 minutes.
• Notes: The cookies should be very soft, and even look un-cooked when you take them out of the oven.
• -Don't worry, let them cool, and you'll be rewarded with an amazing, chewy, tasty cookie.
• -Of course, if you prefer hard cookies, cook approx 2 minutes longer, but I recommend the chewy version.

GRAMMY'S CHOCOLATE DROP COOKIES

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.

GREAT GRANDMA'S HONEY DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream shortening, sugar, and eggs.
• Add honey and extract, mix well.
• Add baking soda and one third of the flour.
• Mix well then add another third of flour and mix well.
• Add last third of flour and mix well.
• Add the nuts and mix.
• Grease cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes in a preheated 350 degree oven.
• Cool slightly before removing cookies from cookie sheet. ENJOY!

GRANDMA'S CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• PREHEAT oven to 375°F.
• COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture.
• Stir in morsels and nuts.
• Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
• BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown.

GRANDMA DONNA'S CHOCOLATE DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*F Cream butter and brown sugar together until smooth until fluffy (about 2 minutes). Add egg, cocoa, buttermilk, vanilla and baking soda. Mix well. Add flour and mix until combined. Mixture should be thicker. While mixer is on, slowly add water. Using a small cookie scoop, scoop cookies onto a lined cookie sheet. Bake for 10 - 12 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack. Frost with Grandma's Chocolate Cookie Frosting Top with whole walnut - Grandma's signature!

GRANDMA'S CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°.
• In a mixing bowl, cream together the first five ingredients.
• After creaming the first five ingredients add the last four and make sure everything is mixed together well.
• Drop by tablespoonfuls on to cookie sheets and bake for 9-10 minutes.
• For M&M cookies: Replace chocolate chips with M&M plain baking bits.

CHOCOLATE DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix shortening, sugar and egg.
• Stir in sour milk and vanilla.
• Sift together flour, soda, salt and cocoa; stir.
• Add nuts.
• Chill 1 hour.
• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Drop by spoonfuls on greased cookie sheet.
• Bake 8-10 minutes.
• • Note: You can use plain milk with 1 tbsp vinegar to sour it. Works as well as the sour milk.

GRANDMA BEST'S CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Mix thoroughly shortening, butter and sugars, salt, eggs and vanilla.
• Blend in remaining ingredients.
• Bake 8- 10 minutes until golden brown. Do not overbake.
• *if using self rising flour, omit baking soda and salt.
• (For a softer, rounder cookie, add additional 1/2 cup flour).