Chocolate Drop Cookies

Ingredients

• 0.5 teaspoon baking soda 
• 0.5 cup butter softened
• 2 tablespoons butter 
• 0.3 cup buttermilk 
• 1  eggs 
• 1.8 cups flour all-purpose
• 1 cup granulated sugar 
• 2 cups powdered sugar 
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 2 oz baker's chocolate unsweetened
• 2 oz baker's chocolate unsweetened cooled melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla 
• 3 tablespoons water hot

Equipment

• bowl
• baking sheet
• sauce pan
• oven
• wire rack
• hand mixer

Directions

1. Heat oven to 400F. Grease cookie sheet with shortening or cooking spray.
2. In large bowl, beat granulated sugar, 1/2 cup butter, the buttermilk, vanilla, egg and 2 ounces melted chocolate with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt.
3. On cookie sheet, drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart.
4. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched in center. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
5. In 2-quart saucepan, melt 2 ounces chocolate and 2 tablespoons butter over low heat, stirring occasionally; remove from heat. Stir in powdered sugar and hot water until smooth. (If frosting is too thick, add more water, 1 teaspoon at a time. If frosting is too thin, add more powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time.)
6. Spread over cookies.