Chocolate Drop Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
3/4 cup sour milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 3/4 cups sifted flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Preparation

Mix shortening, sugar and egg.
Stir in sour milk and vanilla.
Sift together flour, soda, salt and cocoa; stir.
Add nuts.
Chill 1 hour.
Heat oven to 375\u00b0F.
Drop by spoonfuls on greased cookie sheet.
Bake 8-10 minutes.
Note: You can use plain milk with 1 tbsp vinegar to sour it. Works as well as the sour milk.