Chocolate Sour Cream Drops
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2 eggs
1 Cup sugar
1 Cup packed brown sugar
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
1 Cup dairy sour cream
½ c. butter or margarine, melted
½ c. shortening, melted
2 ½ c. flour
1 Cup cocoa
1 Teaspoon Baking powder
½ tsp. Baking soda
1 Cup chopped walnuts -optional
. Preheat oven to 325 °-grease cookie sheets.

Cream eggs, sugar & vanilla. Blend in sour cream, butter & shortening.
Combine flour,cocoa, baking powder and baking soda-add to sugar mixture.
Stir in nuts if using. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto greased sheet. Bake 12
min or until just set-cool slightly ;remove from sheet to wire rack until
cooled completely.

Makes 4-5 dz.

½ cup cocoa
2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 stick (½ cup) butter
3 large eggs
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons finely ground coffee beans
¾ cup all-purpose flour
1/3 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 350°. Line baking sheet with Parchment paper or grease. Melt butter over low heat and stir in 1 cup of chocolate chips until smooth; remove from heat and stir in cocoa. In a electric mixer bowl beat eggs, sugar and ground coffee on high speed until very thick, pale and mixture forms a ribbon when beaters are lifted, about 5 minutes. Beat in chocolate mixture. Sift in flour, baking powder and salt stirring by had just until combined. Fold in remaining chocolate chips. Drop batter by heaping tablespoons about 2-inches apart onto baking sheets. Bake in middle of oven 8 to 10 minutes until puffed and cracked on top. Do not over bake. Cool on baking sheet at least 1 minute. Cool completely on rack. Makes 40 cookies

Marilyn