Thursday, March 16, 2017

Anytime Chocolate Sugar Cookies



1/2 cup sugar plus 2 tablespoons
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
1 cup flour
2 heaping tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons milk
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 pinch salt

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Combine butter and sugar in a bowl, and mix until combined and fluffy.

Add vanilla and milk to the butter/sugar mixture.

Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder in a separate bowl.

Combine the dry and wet ingredients, using either a spatula or your hands.

Add extra flour as needed if the dough is too sticky.

Form 12 equal-sized balls. Roll the dough balls in additional sugar if desired.

Place the balls on parchment paper in a cookie sheet. If you don't have parchment paper, that's okay.

Leave plenty of space - about 2 inches - between cookies. They will expand and spread out.

Bake for about 10 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in a cookie comes out dry.

This all comes together very quickly. If you forget to leave the butter out to soften, 20 seconds or so in the microwave should do the trick.

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