Chocolate Cookie Cutouts
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- Yield Makes 3 to 4 dozen 3-inch cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Directions
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Sift together flour, cocoa, salt, and cinnamon. With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until pale and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla, and beat to combine. Reduce speed to low. Gradually add flour mixture, beating until just combined.
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Divide dough in half; flatten each half into a disk, and wrap in plastic. Refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour (or overnight). Dough can be frozen, wrapped tightly in plastic and placed in a resealable plastic bag, up to 3 months; thaw overnight in the refrigerator before using.
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On a lightly floured work surface (or a piece of parchment paper), roll out one disk of dough to just under 1/4 inch thick. Transfer to a baking sheet; freeze until firm, about 15 minutes.
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds. Using a 3-inch cookie cutter, quickly cut out shapes from dough (if dough begins to soften, chill in freezer 5 minutes), and transfer shapes to parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing them 2 inches apart, as you work. Reroll scraps and cut out more shapes. Brush off excess flour. Freeze until firm, about 15 minutes. Repeat with remaining disk of dough.
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Bake cookies until crisp, about 8 minutes, firmly tapping down sheets once and rotating them halfway through. Let cool completely on sheets on wire racks before decorating as desired.
alright. cinnamon and chocolate is an interesting combination. i decorated mine with non-perils instead of frosting. the icing looks much more impressive!
You can also find a more reasonable cookie cutter at this site:
http://www.confectioneryhouse.com/
You can also find a more reasonable cookie cutter at this site:
http://www.confectioneryhouse.com/
You can also find a more reasonable cookie cutter at this site:
http://www.confectioneryhouse.com/
You can also find a more reasonable cookie cutter at this site:
http://www.confectioneryhouse.com/
You can also find a more reasonable cookie cutter at this site:
http://www.confectioneryhouse.com/
You can find the cookie cutter here: http://www.coppergifts.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=491
So cute! I would love to make them , but I can't find the cookie cutter anyplace. Just wondered if you have any ideas. I did find a small one on line but it won't get here before V Day. :o(
Love, love, love these.They are so "bleeping"cute, my 3 year old daughter loves ladybugs...I am going to give these a try, eevn though baking is not my forte.