Malted Chocolate Drops
2/3 cup butter or regular margarine
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups sifted flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup cocoa
1 cup chocolate-flavored instant malted milk
powder
1/4 cup water
1 cup chopped walnuts
Beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs
and vanilla to mix well. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt,
cocoa and malted milk powder. Add alternately with water to creamed
mixture. Fold in nuts. Chill several hours. Drop teaspoonfuls of
dough 2-in. apart onto greased baking sheet. Bake in moderate oven
(350') about 12 minutes. Remove cookies and cool on racks.
Yield: 4 dozen
Chocolate Malt Frosting: Melt 1 square unsweetened chocolate and 1
tablespoon butter over very low heat (or over hot water), stirring
constantly. Mix in 1 tablespoon warm water, 2 tablespoons
chocolate-flavored instant malted milk powder, 2 tablespoons light
cream or dairy half-and-half and 1 cup sifted confectioners sugar,
or enough to make a frosting of spreading consistency. |