Rolled Chocolate Sugar Cookies

Submitted by Karen=^..^=

"Yummy chocolate cookies that are to fun to cut out and decorate."

 

• Ready In: 24mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 42 large cookies

ingredients

• 2 1⁄2 cups flour
• 7 teaspoons baking cocoa
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• additional sugar, for rolling and topping

directions

1. Preheat oven to 375*.
2. Lightly grease cookie sheets.
3. Sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt and set aside.
4. Cream butter with sugar on medium speed until light, about 2 minutes.
5. Add eggs and vanilla, beating well.
6. Gradually add flour mixture and blend well.
7. Gather dough into a ball and cover with foil or wrap.
8. Refrigerate 1 to 2 hours, until firm.
9. Using half of dough at a time, roll out a 1/4 inch thick on sugar sprinkled counter or pastry cloth.
10. Cut out cookies and then lift with spatula onto sheets, leaving about 1 1/2" between cookies.
11. Sprinkle with sugar or sprinkles, if desired.
12. Bake 8 to 9 minutes or until cookies are firm and edges are just starting to brown.
13. Remove to wire rack to cool.

Reviews

[Shar-on]

This is a very tasty chocolate sugar cookie. I made 3 dozen heart shape cookies and decorated them with red icing. The dough was easy to handle if you follow the instructions to chill it for 1 - 2 hours. Since I wanted to ice this cookie,I didn't sprinkle my pastry cloth with sugar, but used just "a little" flour. I will use this recipe again. It's a great cookie with icing as well.

 

[kc in la]

Really easy recipe; tasty and not too sweet. Perfect for decorating with icing or eating as is. Our family says "thumbs up!"

 

[RunnerMom]

This dough is easy to make, and to handle. Wrap it up in small individual segments to chill, and it will handle better. It has a mild chocolate flavor. I didn't add any sugar on top, instead dipping the cookies in tempered chocolate and they were perfect - not too sweet or dry or crunchy.

 

[Sunpalm]

These are way yummy. For a spin (for my hubby) I used a lined mini cupcake pan, put a small rolled ball of dough into each cup, then I pushed a peanut butter cup into each ball, then I put another ball on top of each p-b cup. I baked them for 9 minutes. They came out PERFECT and WAY YUMMY! I personally like them plain so I made me a couple. Thank you!

 

[Courtney Elizabeth]

I'm finishing the last batch in the oven now. They are very mildly chocolate and very subtle in sweetness- which makes them perfect for my intended use of double-diping them in chocolate. Thanks for a pleasent twist on a classic!