Soft Cocoa Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup cocoa
1 large egg
2/3 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Cream butter and brown sugar;add egg.
Sift dry ingredients and add to butter/sugar mixture alternately with milk.
Add vanilla.
Drop by spoonfuls on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 8-12 minutes at 400\u00b0F; do not overbake.
Ice with chocolate icing, if desired.