Chocolate Sugar Cookies
These chocolate sugar cookies are easy to make and so delicious. Also perfect for cut outs since they don't spread in the oven!
- Prep time
- 40 min
- Cook time
- 12 min
- Yield
- 32 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (subtract 2 tbsp, 220g )
- 2 tbsp corn starch (20g)
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 cups cocoa powder (Dutch processed preferred)
- 1 cup sugar (200g)
- 1 cups unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1 large egg
- 1 tbsp vanilla (15mL)
Instructions
- 1
Sift the flour, corn starch, cocoa and salt into a large bowl then whisk together to combine.
- 2
Combine butter and sugar in a bowl. Mix on medium-low speed with a paddle attachment. Mix until incorporated. Don’t over mix.
- 3
Add egg and vanilla then mix and scrape the sides of the bowl.
- 4
Add in flour mixture to the bowl. Mix at low speed for 30 seconds.
- 5
The dough is ready when it sticks to the paddle mixture. Do not over mix.
- 6
Roll out the dough between 2 pieces of parchment paper.
- 7
Put on a baking sheet and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- 8
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- 9
Use a cookie cutter to cut out shapes.
- 10
Bake for 8-12 minutes or until centers are set.
- 11
Allow to cool completely.