Recipe and source notes

Chocolate Sour Cream Cookies

16 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • 3/4 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 sq. unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled (1 oz. each)
  • 1/2 cup nuts, chopped, optional
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1 tablespoon instant coffee
  • 3 tbsp.milk
  • 3 cups powdered sugar, divided
  • 2 tablespoons cocoa
  • Dash of salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

Make it step by step

  1. Cream together butter and sugar; add egg, vanilla and chocolate. Combine flour, soda and salt. Add to sugar mixture. Stir in sour cream. Add nuts. Spoon onto greased cookie sheet by teaspoonful. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.
  2. Make frosting: Cream together butter, cocoa, coffee, salt and 1 cup of the powdered sugar. Then mix in the rest of the powdered sugar, milk and vanilla. Frost cookies.

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Recipe source

Adapted from Foodista by Andie Mitchell, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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