Recipe: Chocolate Drop Sugar Cookies

Chocolate Drop Sugar Cookies
Recipe By : Hershey's
Makes: about 1 dozen cookies

2/3 cup butter -- softened
1 cup sugar
1 whole egg
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/3 cup buttermilk
additional sugar

Heat oven to 350*, Lightly grease cookie sheet.

In large bowl, beat butter and sugar until well blended. Add egg and vanilla; beat until light and fluffy. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add alternately with buttermilk to butter mixture.

Using 1/4 cup measuring cup, drop dough about 2" apart onto prepared cookie sheet. Bake 13 to 15 minutes or until cookie springs back when touched lightly in center.

While cookies are on cookie sheet, sprinkle lightly with additional sugar. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.