Chocolate Cut out Cookies

I recipe I came up with for my cookie tray this year

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Serves: 40
• Yields: 40 or so

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3⁄4 cup  unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1⁄4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1  dash salt
• 1⁄2 cup  softened butter
• 1⁄4 cup shortening
• 1 1⁄3 cups white sugar
• 1  egg
• 1  egg yolk

Directions

1. Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt until well blended .
2. cream butter and sugar until smooth in a eparate bowl, then beat in the egg and yolk. mix the sifted ingredients into the creamed butter slowly
3. Divide dough and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
4. heat the oven to 375 degrees F and on a lightly floured surface roll out the chilled dough to about 1/6 inch thickness and cut dough into shapes. Be careful its sticky!
5. Bake cookies 8 to 10 then let cool on sheets for a few minutes before removing them to a rack.