#2240 - Chocolate Buttermilk Drop Cookies

(by Shirley McNevich)

1/2 cup softened butter
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
2 squares Baker's unsweetened baking chocolate (melted according to box directions and cooled to room temperature)
1/3 cup buttermilk
2 tsp. vanilla
1 3/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

In a mixer add butter, white sugar and egg--beat. Add melted chocolate--beat. Add buttermilk and vanilla--beat. Add baking soda and salt--beat. Slowly add flour--beat. Remove bowl from mixer--add chopped nuts--stir until mixed. Refrigerate dough for 1 hour. Remove dough from refrigerator. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls on to greased cookie sheets. Bake at 375-400 degrees for 8-10 minutes.