Old Fashioned Chocolate Drops Recipe Recipe Cards

EASY CHOCOLATE DROPS

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, combine the margarine, peanut butter, and chocolate chips. Cook over low heat, stirring frequently until melted. Remove from the heat and stir in cereal. Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper or greased cookie sheets, and refrigerate until set.

CHOCOLATE CREAM DROPS

Steps:

• Mix thoroughly shortening, sugars and egg. Stir in melted chocolate. Next stir in sour cream (or milk) and vanilla. Sift flour, soda, and salt together and stir into batter. Mix nuts into dough. Chill dough if soft.
• Heat oven to 375°F
• Drop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough about 2 inches apart on greased baking sheet. Bake about 10 min until soft, when touched lightly with finger, almost no impression remains.
• For icing, melt chocolate and butter together (about 1 minute on High in microwave, stir after 30 seconds) then mix in powdered sugar until spreadable. If you need to refrigerate this and it gets hard, soften in microwave on high for 10-15 seconds. Spread icing on cookies when cool.

OLD FASHIONED CHOCOLATE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• In large saucepan, mix together sugar, cocoa, and flour.
• Add milk and cook over low heat until thick.
• Beat egg yolks well.
• Add egg yolks and butter to milk mixture and cook one minute more.
• Cool.
• Pour into baked pie shell.
• Beat eggs whites until stiff, adding 3 Tbsp of sugar graduaally as you beat.
• When stiff peaks form, gently pour on the COOLED filling.
• Bake in a 350° oven until meringue is light golden brown on its peaks.
• Enjoy.

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.