Chocolate Drop Cookies
These chocolate cake like cookies are easy to make and a wonderful alternative to cupcakes.
Ingredients
- 1½ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 oz baking chocolate*
- ½ cup melted butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg at room temperature
- ½ cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
*Cocoa Powder Alternative
- Omit Baking Chocolate
- Add additional 2 tbsp butter
- 6 tbsp cocoa powder
Chocolate icing
- 2 cups icing sugar
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- ¼ cup softened butter
- ¼ cup strong brew coffee
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Orange icing
- 2½ cups icing sugar
- ¼ cup softened butter
- ¼ cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- ½ tsp orange extract
- food colouring
Instructions
- Sift together dry ingredients.
- Melt chocolate then add it to the melted butter.
- Then beat in sugar, egg, milk and vanilla.
- On low speed beat in dry ingredients.
- Let stand of 10 mins.
- Bake on a lined baking sheet for 8 to ten minutes in a 350°F oven.
Icing
- In a medium bowl beat softened butter and icing sugar until combined.
- Add the extract then 1 tablespoon of the liquidat a time until you use all 4 tablespoons or reach the desired consistency.
- If the icing is too thick, add a little bit more liquid, too thin, add a little more icing sugar.
- Ice cookies with approximately ½ tbsp of icing.
Notes
Don't have baking chocolate? Use 6 tbsp of sifted cocoa powder and add an additional 2 tbsp of butter.
For orange chocolate drop cookies add the zest of one large orange to the batter.