Chocolate sugar cookies(with video)

Written by: 7aumsuvai
Happy New Year 2017 to all my readers and blogger friends. Making chocolate sugar cookies at home is a fun way to celebrate Christmas and winter holidays with family. It is a chocolate flavored sugar cookies, which is an adorable and delicious cookies that kids will enjoy during winter holidays.
Chocolate sugar cookies
Ingredients:
Yields 30 plus cookies
      • 1 1/2 cup – All purpose flour
      • 1/2 cup – Cocoa powder
      • 1/2 cup – Butter (at room temperature)
      • 1 cup – Sugar
      • 1 no – Egg (at room temperature)
      • 1/4 tsp – Salt ( even less than that)
      • 1/2 tsp – Baking powder
      • 1 tsp – Vanilla essence
For icing:
      • 1 cup – Icing sugar
      • 1 1/2 tbsp – Milk (room temperature)
      • 1/2 tsp – Vanilla essence
Chocolate sugar cookies
Preparation method:
  1. Sieve together all purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt, keep it aside.
  2. Take a mixing bowl, add butter and sugar beat till light and fluffy. Add in vanilla essence and egg, continue beating until fluffy.
  3. Add the flour mixture to the creamed butter and fold till combined to form a soft dough. Do not over mix. Place them in a cling /plastic wraps, cover and refrigerate for upto 1 hour or until firm.
  4. Remove dough from refrigerator, take a bigger lemon sized dough and roll the dough evenly into desired thickness but not too thin ( around 3 to 4 mm thickness). Using Christmas shaped cookie cutter, cut the dough into as many cookies as possible (as shown in the picture).
  5. Place them on a butter paper lined baking tray, making sure they are evenly spaced and have room to spread.
  6. Preheat oven for 350 F or 180 C, bake for 10 to12 minutes. Do not over bake else they would become very crunchy. Let it cool on the cooling rack for 1 to 2 minutes. Chocolate sugar cookies are ready.
Chocolate sugar cookies
Chocolate sugar cookies
Making of icing :
  1. Take a mixing bowl, add icing sugar, vanilla essence and milk, mix well thoroughly so no lumps found. Icing should be thick and pouring consistency.
  2. Take a cup and place a ziplock as shown in the picture. Pour the icing into the ziplock and seal it. Cut a very small hole at the tip of the cone and check the flow before you fill the cookies.
  3. First draw a outerline with icing, same as the cookie shape. Then start filling the cookies with the icing as shown in the picture.
Chocolate sugar cookies
Chocolate sugar cookies
Notes:
  • This recipe yield me 30 plus cookies. But it depends on the size of cookies you decide to make.
  • If the dough is sticky, you can add little more flour to make it stiff enough to roll.
  • Icing should be thick enough to hold its shape. If your icing is runny, add little more icing sugar to make it thicker and to prevent flowing.
  • Do not over bake cookies because it will become harder.
  • Do not crowd the baking sheet, cookies should have enough space to spread so leave atleast 2 inch space between cookies.
  • You can store these cookies in an airtight container for 1-2 weeks at room temperature.
Chocolate sugar cookies

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