Mickie's Devil's Food Cookies

Submitted by mickie49

"my girls both loved these frosted chocolate cookies. I've been making them for years. The original recipe came from an old Farm Journal magazine and my mom passed it on to me."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 4 dozen

ingredients

• 2 cups sifted flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate squares, melted and cooled
• 3⁄4 cup sour cream
• 1⁄2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1⁄2 cup mini chocolate chip (optional)

directions

1. Sift together flour, baking soda and salt.
2. Cream together butter and sugar.
3. Add egg; beat well.
4. Blend in vanilla and cooled chocolate.
5. Add dry ingredients alternately with the sour cream to chocolate mixture.
6. Stir in walnuts and mini chocolate chips if you're a real chocoholic.
7. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls, about 2" apart, on greased baking sheets.
8. Bake 350°F oven 10 minutes or until no imprint remains when lightly touched with finger.
9. Remove to racks and cool.
10. Frost with chocolate icing of your choice.

Reviews

[Pumpkie]

Wow fabulous, fabulous, fabulos! This is such a simple recipe, comes together in no time and tastes great. I being a chocoholic added in the mini chips but skipped the nut due to allergies. These not only taste great with the frosting but also without especially warm! Thanks for another keeper.

 

[Susie in Texas]

My two guys are chocoholics so I did add in the mini chocolate chips. I also used pecans in place of the walnuts. These are great chocolate cookies!! Slightly crispy on the outside and soft on the inside - perfect. Instead of chocolate frosting, I melted some white chocolate morsels. Poured it into a zip-lock bag and snipped off one corner. Then I squeezed the melted white chocolate onto the cooled cookies in a zig-zag shape forming a Christmas tree.