Tule author Anne McAllister is a fan of chocolate – and so is her family! Bake her yummy frosted chocolate drop cookies with this recipe.

Ingredients:

For the cookies
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 egg, well beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 one ounce squares of unsweetened chocolate, melted
1 1/2 cup flour
Pinch of salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup milk

For the frosting
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
3 TBSP of butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
Milk as needed to spread

Instructions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream brown sugar and butter, then add egg, vanilla and melted chocolate. Blend well.
3. Sift together dry ingredients; add alternately with milk to the sugar/butter/egg mixture.
4. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet.
5. Bake 10-12 minutes.
6. Let cool briefly on sheet, then continue cooling on a wire rack.
7. To make the frosting, cream together powdered sugar, butter, vanilla extract and milk. When cookies are cooled, spread frosting on cookies.

Note: Let icing dry before storing in a container.