Double Chocolate Drops

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Title: Double Chocolate Drops
Categories: Polkadot, Faylen, Cookie:drop, Chocolate
Yield: 5 Dozen

1 1/2 c All-purpose flour
1/2 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Baking soda
1/4 ts Salt
1/8 ts Black pepper (optional)
1/2 c Shortening
2 Squares unsweetened
-chocolate
1 c Packed brown sugar
1 Egg
1/2 c Buttermilk or sour milk
1 ts Vanilla
6 oz Semisweet chocolate chips
-(1 cup)
1/2 c Chopped walnuts

Stir together flour, baking powder, soda, and salt. Melt shortening
and chocolate; cool. Stir in brown sugar, egg, buttermilk, and
vanilla; mix until smooth. Stir dry ingredients into saucepan
mixture. Mix well. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. Drop by
teaspoonful 2 inches apart onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350
degrees for 10 minutes.

My variation: Use 4 Tbsp cocoa instead of chocolate; sift into dry
ingredients. Use 2 tsp vanilla instead of 1. Use 6 oz white chocolate
chips instead of chocolate chips Use macadamias instead of walnuts.
Sift dry ingredients together. Cream shortening and brown sugar
together. Add egg and mix until blended. Add buttermilk and mix
well, then stir in vanilla, chips, and nuts. Bake as above.

These are very moist - let them cool completely before storing, and
don't store them completely airtight unless they're going to be going
quickly.

Makes 5-6 dozen.

Source: Judy Haight/Alison Meyer

* The Polka Dot Palace BBS 1-201-822-3627. Posted by FAYLEN

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