I love making chocolate cookies not only because chocolate is AMAZING(!) but because the dark background of the cookies really makes certain designs pop.
This recipe is a modification of my regular sugar cookie recipe. I didn't want to tamper with the success I've had with the original......so I traded out some of the flour in the original recipe and added cocoa instead. It works well.....and is very yummy. I also add expresso powder to intensify the chocolate flavor. Mmmmmm.....
CookieCrazie Chocolate Cut-Out Cookies
1 cup butter, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup cocoa
1 tsp expresso powder (optional....but highly recommended!)
1/2 cup sour cream
4 1/4 cups flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg, vanilla, cocoa, expresso powder & sour cream.
Blend in dry ingredients.
The dough does not need to be refrigerated before rolling & cutting.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Roll dough to desired thickness. Cut into shapes.
Place cookies on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake approx 20 minutes.
Yield: 20-25 medium cookies
Everything else is the same after mixing up the dough.
Here's some of my favorite chocolate cookie designs.....(Click on the photo to see the blog post.)
Hey....and what a lovely way to end the post.....with some Valentines cookies made with the chocolate dough. :)