Sour Cream Chocolate Cookies (Grandma Morgan)

1 cup brown sugar                                       

1 egg                                                            

1 tsp. vanilla                                                

½ cup shortening

2 squares baking chocolate - melted

¾ cup sour cream

Cream together sugar, egg and vanilla.  Add baking chocolate and sour cream.

 2 cups flour

 ½ tsp. soda

 ¼ tsp. salt

Sift flour, soda and salt and add to wet mixture.  Mix well and add ½ cup chopped nuts.  Drop from teaspoon onto greased baking sheet.  Bake at 350° for 10 minutes.  When cool – frost cookies.

Frosting:

2 cups powdered sugar                                 

¼ cup butter or margarine                                      

2 TBS. cocoa

5 TBS. cream or canned milk

Mix together and frost on cooled cookies.