Old Fashioned Drop Cookies with Mocha Frosting
 
 
If you love cake, mocha, and cookies then my Grandma's Old Fashioned Drop Cookies with Mocha Frosting are the perfect sweet treat for you!
Serves: 3 dozen cookies
Ingredients
  • ½ cup butter, divided (2 sticks)
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 oz unsweetened chocolate
  • 2 cups flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup sour cream
  • ½ cup chopped walnuts
  • ¼ cup butter
  • 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon instant coffee
  • 1 tablespoon hot water
  • dash of salt
  • 1½ teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 3 cups confectioner's sugar
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350*
  2. Line two cookie trays with parchment paper or silicon baking mats and set aside.
  3. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt and set aside.
  4. In a small bowl, microwave the unsweetened chocolate in 30-second increments until melted, stirring between each heating. Once melted, set aside.
  5. In an electric mixing bowl, cream together the ½ cup butter and granulated sugar.
  6. Beat in eggs and vanilla extract.
  7. Scrape down the sides and add in the melted chocolate.
  8. Once combined, add the flour mixture alternating with the sour cream.
  9. After all flour and sour cream have been fully incorporated, fold in the chopped walnuts.
  10. Drop tablespoon sized mounds of cookie batter 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.
  11. Bake cookies for 12 minutes until done. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.
  12. While the cookies are baking, make the frosting.
  13. In a small bowl, fully dissolve the instant coffee with the tablespoon of hot water.
  14. In an electric mixer cream the butter until light and fluffy.
  15. Add in the cocoa powder, coffee, and salt.
  16. Scrape down the sides and add 1 cup of confectioner's sugar.
  17. Combine completely then add 1 tablespoon of milk, vanilla extract and a second cup of confectioner's sugar.
  18. Mix again and add the remaining cup of confectioner's sugar and milk.
  19. Whip on high until light and fluffy.
  20. Once cookies are cooled completely, place a small dollop of frosting on each and spread into a flat thin layer.
  21. Let cookies and frosting set for up to an hour before storing.
  22. Cookies can be frozen for up to 3 months.
Recipe by Her Modern Kitchen at https://www.hermodernkitchen.com/old-fashioned-drop-cookies-mocha-frosting/