Cookie Recipes - Chocolate-topped Drops

 

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups/200 g all-purpose/plain flour

• 1/2 tsp baking soda

• 1/8 tsp salt

• 2 oz/60 g semisweet/dark chocolate, coarsely chopped

• 1/2 cup/125 g butter, softened

• 1 cup/200 g granulated sugar

• 1 tsp vanilla extract/essence

• 1 large egg, lightly beaten

• 2 tbsp milk

• 1 cup/250 ml Chocolate Frosting

• 1/2 cup/50 g pecans, halved

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F/200°C/gas 6. Butter three cookie sheets. Sift the flour, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl.

2. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler over barely simmering water. Beat the butter, sugar, and melted chocolate in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until creamy.

3. Add the vanilla and egg, beating until just blended. Mix in the dry ingredients and milk until well blended.

4. Drop teaspoons of the dough 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.

5. Bake, one sheet at a time, for 8-10 minutes, or until slightly risen. Cool on the sheets until the cookies firm slightly.

6. Transfer to racks to finish cooling. Spread the frosting over the tops of the cookies and decorate with the pecans.