Chocolate Drop Cookies
- 12 cup vegetable shortening
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs, separated
- 2 ounces semisweet baking chocolate, melted
- 1 34 cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 12 teaspoon baking soda
- 14 teaspoon table salt
- 12 cup milk
- 12 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Cream shortening and sugar with electric mixer (stand or handheld).
- When light and fluffy, beat in egg yolks and melted chocolate.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Add dry ingredients to creamed shortening alternately with milk, starting and ending with dry mixture.
- Beat egg whites to stiff peaks in a separate bowl.
- Fold beaten egg whites into batter by hand; fold in walnuts if using.
- Drop teaspoonfuls of cookie dough onto greased cookie sheets.
- Bake 7-9 minutes until edges of cookies are slightly crisp.
- Cool briefly on cookie sheet, then transfer to a rack until completely cool.
- Store in airtight containers.
vegetable shortening, brown sugar, eggs, chocolate, cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, milk, walnuts
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-drop-cookies-336321 (may not work)