One of my family’s favorites is beef tips and noodles cooked in the Instant Pot; it’s a terrific meal to try out before using a pressure cooker. Although it is fantastic year-round, we prefer it in milder temperatures. After a long day at work, this recipe is quick and simple. In a slow cooker, it can also be prepared.
| Servings: | 36 |
| Yield: | 3 dozen |
Ingredients
- ½ cup shortening
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup white sugar
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup buttermilk
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Mix thoroughly sugar, shortening and egg. Stir in buttermilk and vanilla. Sift dry ingredients and stir in. Add nuts.
- Chill dough for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the cookie sheet.
- Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Cool. Frost with chocolate or white icing. Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 97 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 12 g |
| Cholesterol | 5 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 58 mg |
| Sugars | 6 g |
| Fat | 5 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I ran a stick of frozen butter in the microwave for three minutes before adding the sugar. I used unsweetened coconut milk and apple cider vinegar since I didn’t have buttermilk. Used pecans and added about 1/3 cup chocolate chip cookies. Gas oven 10 minutes. And OMG these can be eaten straight out of the oven. Would love to see ingredients listed in order of use to appease my OCD. Xo
These are VERY similar to my grandmother’s recipe that I remember from my childhood Christmas cookie baking sessions with her! We used a browned butter frosting and dyed it half red/half green for the holiday!
I followed the recipe as written. I did however add Peanut Butter Chips and top with powdered sugar.
I’m a guy at 54 and an above average cook etc….I followed this exactly and they turned out just perfect. They are so soft , even after 3 days now…I opted for a Chocolate Frosting. I will be making these for a long time…I may try adding chocolate chunks to the batter or possibly Cranberries around the holidays ? The recipe as is, is PERFECT
I rolled balls of dough in sugar, baked them, and when they were cool-ish, I topped them with white choc/peppermint (red & white) Kisses. Yum!
Just too bland for me.
I made these but cut the sugar in half. Highly recommend. I also didn’t have buttermilk, so I substituted water and Greek yogurt. Excellent recipe!
These were really yummy. I added 4 tsp cinnamon to the dry ingredients. A vanilla cream cheese frosting is really good or as an ice cream sandwich with mint ice cream.
Added powdered sugar instead of icing. Really good recipe and easy!
The only thing I changed in this recipe was butter instead of the shortening. I was a bit surprised at how fluffy and cake-like they were. I think I was expecting a more denser, brownie-sh texture. Perhaps the butter was the cause. This being said, I decided to ice them because I didn’t find that they were sweet enough on their own.
I needed to bake these 4 minutes longer than specified to ensure they didn’t fall apart, but otherwise, nice cookie.
Followed the recipe except i used butter as a substitute for the shortening. Then since i saw some people said it was a little less on the sweet side and should frost; instead i added in milk chocolate chips and marshmallows. Made bigger cookies (22 instead of 3 dozen) and 400 for 10 minutes. Just sweet enough, soft, so good.
Really, really like this recipe!!!! Very similar to a cookie my grandmother used to make! I doubled the recipe like other reviewers mentioned and glad I did!! Only changes I made were I substituted milk (soured with vinegar) and butter instead of shortening. I was nervous about the butter substitute (I prefer not to use shortening ever if possible) I am sure my cookies did not hold there shape like they could have but they are very moist and cake like. Will be making these again!!!
Surprisingly this turned out to be a soft cookie. I made them with chocolate chips. I used a #24 scoop. What I liked most about the cookie is that it held its shape in the oven with just a little be if spreading.
I doubled the recipe. They weren’t as sweet as I thought they would be so I added semi-sweet chocolate chips and dusted them with powdered sugar after they baked for exactly 8 minutes. Amazing!!! I took them to all my neighbors just so I wouldn’t eat them all myself.
These were great! I was looking for a cocoa-based chocolate cookie I could add Andes mint chips to, and this worked beautifully. I will use this recipe again.
I’m tempted to try this recipe again just to see if I did something wrong, but I’m 95% sure I followed the recipe exactly- even chilled for 1 hour! I baked half the recipe without walnuts and the other half with, because some of my friends don’t like nuts. I personally felt like the cookies without nuts were very boring and couldn’t really stand on their own without frosting them. Additionally, the texture was pretty dense- more like a brownie but a really bland brownie. Maybe they would be better with more sugar and more chocolate? I baked the half with walnuts second and as I wasn’t happy with the texture I added some more baking soda to that half. I personally was more pleased with them being fluffier.
SO delicious and SO easy!!!! I followed directions exactly, except I didnt measure the walnuts and just threw a bunch in the batter. Mine baked for 9 minutes at 400 and came out perfectly!! Will definitely make again……thank you!!!
They were a little rich for my liking. I tasted one fresh out of the oven and decided to ice only half, instead of all as originally intended. Albeit of my perceived richness of the cookies, the iced ones went faster in my household than the non-iced drops. I would make these again per feedback from family members (I heard that they were good – but not personal favorites).
Excellent, made the recipe per the directions and everything turned out perfect!
they were soft but they are easy to over bake and I don’t like a tough skin on a sort cookie. we put on peanut butter frosting and that helped