Chocolate Cream Drop Cookies by Ruth Paget
Makes 24 cookies
Ingredients:
-2 cups flour
-1/2 cup sugar
-1 teaspoon salt
-1 beaten egg
-1 teaspoon vanilla
-1 tablespoon cream
-1 (1-ounce) square melted sweet chocolate
-1/2 cup soft butter
Steps:
1-Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
2-Place flour, sugar, and salt in a large bowl and mix well.
3-Mix egg, vanilla, and cream together. Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and blend well.
4-Add melted chocolate to the batter and blend till the mixture is the color of the chocolate.
5-Use two spoons to scoop and push drop cookies onto the cookie sheets. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes and cool on a rack.
Source: Rose Pennington – circa 1950s
By Ruth Paget, author of Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
