Aunt Maude's Chocolate Drop Cookies2 Recipe

• 2 c. All purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp Baking soda
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1/2 c. Vegetable shortening
• 2 ounce Unsweetened chocolate chop
• 1 c. Hard pkd golden sugar
• 1 lrg Egg
• 1/2 c. Lowfat sour cream
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract
• 1/4 c. Coffee
• 5 1/2 ounce Unsweetened chocolate chop
• 3 1/4 c. Powdered sugar sifted

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease 2 heavy large baking sheets.
3. Sift 2 c. flour, 1/2 tsp.
4. baking soda and 1/2 tsp.
5. salt into medium bowl.
6. Stir 1/2 c. vegetable shortening and unsweetened chocolate in heavy small saucepan over low heat till chocolate melts and mix is smooth.
7. Transfer mix to large bowl.
8. Cold slightly.
9. Add in 1 c. brown sugar and beat till blended.
10. Add in egg and beat till blended.
11. Stir in dry ingredients, then 1/2 c. lowfat sour cream and 1 tsp.
12. vanilla extract.
13. Drop batter by tablespoonfuls onto prepared sheets, spacing proportionately.
14. Bake till cookies feel hard to touch, about 10 min.
15. Transfer cookies to rack and cold.
16. Drizzle hot icing decoratively over cookies.
17. Stir coffee and minced chocolate in heavy medium saucepan over low heat till chocolate melts and mix is smooth.
18. Remove from heat.
19. Whisk in powdered sugar.
20. Use immediately.
21. Makes 3 dozen.

flour, baking soda, salt, vegetable shortening, chocolate chop, golden sugar, egg, sour cream, vanilla, coffee, chocolate chop, sugar

Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/aunt-maude-s-chocolate-drop-cookies2-71961 (may not work)