Cocoa drop cookies

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       Title: Cocoa Drop Cookies
  Categories: Cookies
       Yield: 54 servings
  
       1 c  Sugar
     2/3 c  Margarine or butter;
            -softened
       1    Egg
     1/2 c  Cocoa
     1/3 c  Buttermilk;  milk or water
       1 ts Vanilla
   1 3/4 c  All-purpose flour *
            Or whole wheat flour
     1/2 ts Baking soda
     1/2 ts Salt
       1 c  Chopped nuts;  if desired
            Chocolate frosting
       2 oz Unsweetened chocolate
       2 tb Margarine or butter
       3 tb Water
       2 c  Powdered sugar;  about
            * if using self-rising flour
            ---  omit
            Baking soda and salt.
  
   Recipe by: Betty Crocker's Cookbook
   Heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix, sugar, margarine, egg, cocoa, buttermilk
   and vanilla. Stir in flour, baking soda, salt and nuts. Drop dough by
   rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart into ungreased cookie sheet.
   Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched;
   cool. Frost with Chocolate Frosting.  ABOUT 4-1/2 DOZEN COOKIES; 95
   CALORIES PER COOKIE.
    CHOCOLATE FROSTING Heat chocolate and margarine over low heat until
   melted. Remove from heat. Stir in water and powdered sugar until smooth.
  
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