CheckerBoard Cookies II

Name: CheckerBoard Cookies II
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 177 milliliters butter; 296 milliliters confectioners sugar; 3 egg yolks; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 59 milliliters unsweetened cocoa powder; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

CheckerBoard Cookies II might be a good recipe to expand your dessert recipe box. This recipe serves 24. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 124 calories, 2g of protein, and 7g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up baking powder, butter, confectioners' sugar, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, confectioners' sugar and baking powder.

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Powdered Sugar

Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

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Bowl

Cut in the butter until the mixture has a mealy texture. Stir in the egg yolks and vanilla until dough forms. Divide dough into halves. Knead the cocoa into one half.

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Egg Yolk

Vanilla

Butter

Cocoa Powder

Dough

Roll out each half of the dough into a rectangle, 8x10 inches. Slice each rectangle lengthwise into 8-1x10 inch strips.

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Dough

Roll

Place two strips of opposing colors next to each other.

Place two more on top of those, placing opposing colors on top of each other. Repeat until the checkerboard is four strips high. Repeat with remaining strips. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for at least an hour.

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Wrap