Chocolate Drop Cookies - Chocolate Sugar Cookie
Sweet and chocolatey these soft Chocolate Drop Cookies are delicious. A soft sugar cookie recipe dropped onto a baking sheet.
Servings: 24
Ingredients
- ½ Cup Butter Softened
- ¾ Cup Granulated Sugar 150g Divided
- ¼ Cup Vegetable Oil
- ½ Cup Powdered Sugar 65g
- 1 Egg Large
- ½ teaspoon Cream of Tartar
- ½ teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- ⅓ Cup Cocoa Powder Dutch Process
- 1 ⅔ Cup All Purpose Flour 320g
Instructions
- Preheat oven and prepare baking sheets with parchment paper or greased baking sheets.
- In a mixing bowl cream together softened butter and granulated sugar. Beating until smooth, light and fluffy. Scrape sides of bowl down as needed to mix ingredients together.
- Add egg and vanilla extract to mixture and continue creaming until fully combined.
- Drizzle vegetable oil and add to creamed mixture. Followed by powdered sugar. Cream for an additional 2-3 minutes.
- In a separate bowl combine dry ingredients of flour, cocoa, baking soda and Cream of Tartar.
- Mix to combine and gradually add dry ingredients into wet ingredients mixing together until combined.
- Using a medium size #50 cookie scoop, scoop dough balls and roll into reserved ¼ cup sugar (optional) and place on cookie sheet.
- Bake in a preheated oven to 350 degrees for 7-9 minutes. Cookies are done when edges are set
- Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for a minute or two before moving to a cooling rack.
Notes
Pro Tips
Mixing Ingredients. Creaming Butter and Sugars allows mixture to become light and fluffy by adding in air pockets into the mixture. This helps to make a delicious soft cookie when baked. Baking Sheets. Prepare baking sheets with parchment paper liners or use a baking spray to prevent sticking. I used a silver aluminum cookie sheet. Cookie Scoop. I love using a cookie scoop. It's so easy to make cookie dough balls all uniform sizes. Weighing Ingredients. A kitchen scale is as important as using the correct ingredients. weighing dry ingredients ensures accuracy which means your cookies will turn out exactly like the photos. Dutch Process Cocoa. Dutch Process Cocoa is a rich chocolate flavor and is delicious in these drop cookies. A regular cocoa powder could be substituted.Additions or Substitutions
As I mentioned above, these cookies are fantastic just as they are. But it never hurts to dress them up a bit. Add Chocolate chips, White Chocolate chips or even Peanut Butter chips for a quick change. Try making a Chocolate Blossom Cookie by adding a Hershey's kiss on top after they are done baking. It's fun and tasty. If you can get ahold of the new Strawberry Ice Cream flavored Hershey's Kiss they would be wonderful on top of this chocolate drop cookies recipe. Tried this recipe?Mention @bestcookierecipes or tag #bestcookierecipes!