Rebecca Nielsen's Recipe

Fudge Drop Cookies

Category: cookies

Serves/Makes: 60 cookies
Difficulty: 2
Prep Time: 15 minutes

Preheat Oven to 375 Degrees F

Ingredients:

1 stick butter (room temperature)
1 14oz can sweetened condensed milk
1 egg
2 cups all purpose flour
2 t baking powder
4 T cocoa powder
1/4 t salt
1 1/2 cups mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup finely chopped walnuts
6 oz extra bittersweet 70% cocoa chocolate
1/4 cup heavy cream

Directions:

In bowl of electric mixer add softened butter and sweetened condensed milk, mix until smooth.

Add flour, baking powder, cocoa powder and salt. Mix til combined. Add mini chocolate chips and mix til distributed evenly.

Using a one ounce ice cream scooper scoop batter onto parchment lined cookie sheets. These will not spread so you can fit 24 on a sheet. Bake for 9 minutes exactly turning the pan after the first 5 minutes.

Let stand for 2 minutes then remove to cooling rack.

While cookies are baking chop the extra bittersweet chocolate into small pieces and put in microwave safe dish. Microwave on high at 30 second intervals stirring after each cycle till completely melted. It should take about 3 times. Add heavy cream and stir till creamy.

When cookies are just cooled turn upside down and dip into chocolate mixture. Put cookies back on rack to set chocolate. When set put in airtight container to store.

Cooks Notes: This is another one of my "small batch" cookies. However, because I used a 1 oz scoop it made 60 cookies. Because they are so little they are easy to pop in your mouth any time of the day. They are not a real sweet cookie and the true taste of the cocoa powder comes through. It's a nice cookie to give the kids without all the sugar. They kind of fake you out and make it seem like you are not indulging too much. Enjoy!