Cook the Book: Christmas Chocolate Cookies

Name: Cook the Book: Christmas Chocolate Cookies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 18 Tbsps 1/4 sticks soft butter; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 24 servings Christmas sprinkles; 177 milliliters sugar; 2 Tbsps unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 59 milliliters boiling water, from a kettle

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Cook the Book: Christmas Chocolate Cookies a try. One portion of this dish contains roughly 1g of protein, 9g of fat, and a total of 181 calories. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 24. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. It will be a hit at your Christmas event. Head to the store and pick up water, sugar, butter, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 325°F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

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Cream the butter and sugar in a bowl and, when you have a light, soft, whipped mixture, beat in 1/3 cup cocoa powder (sifting if it is lumpy) and, when that's mixed in, beat in the flour with the baking soda and baking powder. Or just put everything in the processor and blitz, if you prefer.

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Baking Soda

Cocoa Powder

Butter

Cream

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

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This mixture is very soft and sticky and I find it easiest to form the cookies wearing my disposable vinyl gloves, so pinch off pieces about 1 tablespoon in size, and roll them into balls, then lightly flatten into fat discs as you place them, well spread, on your cookie sheet; you should get about 12 on at a time.

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Spread

Roll

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Bake each batch for 15 minutes; even though the cookies won't feel as if they've had enough time, they will continue to cook as they cool. They will look slightly cracked on top, and it's this cosy, homespun look I love.

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Remove the cookie sheets to a cold surface and let it sit for 15 minutes before transferring the cookies to a wire rack, with a sheet of newspaper under it (to catch the drips while topping them).

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