Cocoa Drop Cookies

By shygirl

My mom made these when I was a kid and we all loved them. They're good plain, or with a simple powdered sugar icing on top. They are really great with a cold glass of milk!!

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup soft shortening (part butter)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup cocoa

Preparation

Step 1

1 Mix shortening, sugar and egg. 2 Stir in the buttermilk and vanilla. 3 Sift together dry ingredients and stir into buttermilk mixture. 4 Chill at least 1 hour. 5 Drop by rounded teaspoons on lightly greased cookie sheet; about 2" apart. 6 Bake at 400° just until almost no imprint remains when lightly touched.