It all started in 1965 when our mother received this recipe from the 2nd grade teacher of my older brother, and it has since remained a cherished family favorite. In-your-mouth delicious! Sprinkle holiday-themed decorations on top of the chocolate while it’s still soft. Enjoy!
| Servings: | 40 |
| Yield: | 40 cookies |
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup shortening
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F (175 degrees C).
- Cream together the butter, shortening, sugar and vanilla.
- Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt. Add to sugar mixture and mix well, being careful not to over mix.
- Drop heaping teaspoonfuls of dough on ungreased cookie sheet and flatten each with the tines of a fork (dip fork into small bowl of water so that dough doesn’t stick to fork). Do this once or twice, depending on the size of cookie and fork.
- Bake for 13 to 15 minutes. After each pan is removed from oven, carefully place 5 or 6 chocolate chips on top of each cookie while they are still hot. When chocolate is glossy and soft, spread with knife.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 107 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 13 g |
| Cholesterol | 6 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 32 mg |
| Sugars | 8 g |
| Fat | 6 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
It’s simplicity and texture along with taste … worked out pretty well and I enjoyed them very much .. kids where lucky to get share I only baked mine for 13 minutes and let the tray finish them of .. perfect
So, I did not change the recipe. I did what others said it is best to mold the cookie in palm of the hand; used yellow chocolate disc. Dutch cookie taste great.
These cookies are AMAZING!!!!! They are very buttery and have an amazing texture. I used Hershey’s chocolate chips for the top….(I think that it is better if you use Hershey’s because the chocolate will taste more real). I would DEFINITELY make these again!!!
These are my favorite cookies…………. love them!!!!
Lived these. I can’t bake. (No REALLY I can’t). These were so easy and very tasty.
I was looking for an easy to make type of cookie and tried this recipe. My family loved them so I’ll be making these again. I added slightly more butter to the recipe that makes dozen cookies because it wouldn’t come together. I figured it most likely the calculator cut to much out.
I liked it the taste of the cookie. It is very sweet with the chocolate chips on top. I would like to mention that my dough was very crumbly. I’m assuming this was the way it was suppose to be since they baked quite nicely. I would be willing to make them again. I always use raw sugar opposed to ‘white” sugar so this was no exception. Though I think I would try the white sugar with this instead. The raw sugar leaves a very chewy texture almost like an oatmeal cookie. It was good but I was more in a shortbread type of cookie. I would also use either a milk chocolate chip or at less chips. My cookies were big so I used about 10 chips per cookie and after smoothing them out the chocolate was in the center. Not sure how you get that smooth look with the chocolate but mine were not pretty! lol
My 8 year old daughter picked out this recipe and made it with very little help from me and they were a huge hit! We used milk chocolate chips instead of semi sweet, this did make them a little on the sweet side, but still very good!!
I didn’t like these at first, but my kids ate them right up. They taste better after they cool down.
I love the cookies! Thanks for the recipe! I added a lil bit more flour Becoz my batter was very moist 🙂 it turn out great !
The dough is very dry (like a shortbread) but if you knead it you can work with it. Like another reviewer suggested I used a glass to cut them out (so they’re round) and I put the chocolate on them for the last couple of minutes in the oven. They turned out really well.
I found this recipe while looking for cookies with no egg. ( did not want to go to the store that late) I was thrilled with this, it has such potential for flavor variations! Nice texture, easy, I didn’t find one thing wrong, except I almost ate the whole batch! My husband loved them too, and he’s picky!
My family liked the cookie, but not with the chocolate. I think they would be best with a vanilla icing.
Sixth grade daughter made this for a class project. it was a hit!
I LOVE this recipe! I made some for a project at school and I got a 100 because they were so good! I also made some last night and everyone in my family loves them. I personally think they are the best cookies I’ve ever tasted.
Thank you 🙂
Very good however it would be wise to mention in the description that these do come out dry; people tend to forget that cookies from Holland or Germany usually come that way (they love their shortbread). Other than that, this is good. I’m eating them with a cup of milk and it’s perfect, the dryness does not bother me. Cheers.
I was searching for new Christmas cookies recipes and came across this one. It has become our favorite. I double the recipe and then give them out to only best friends, the rest we keep for ourselves! My grandson and I decorate the chocolate after it has melted and they look great. Very tasty and everyone who tries them really likes them too.
I thought these turned out lovely and tasty. The second time I made them, I used milk chocolate instead of semi sweet and melted the chocolate separately before spreading it on the cookies. That was much less messy and made a prettier cookie.
These cookies were OK. They certainly weren’t the best cookies I ever made but they are pretty and different.
My children and I made it for our school’s annual Heritage Day. It was so easy! My kids said it was one of the best cookies they have ever had.