Chocolate sugar cookies recipe

Chocolate sugar cookies are a different kind of cookie. They're soft, tasty, and can be dressed up for any holiday!

– 1 cup unsalted butter softened (230 grams; 2 sticks) – 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar (225 grams) – 1 large egg at room temperature – 1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract – 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour spooned and leveled (280 grams)

Ingredient

– ½ cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder (45 grams) – 1 teaspoon baking powder – ½ teaspoon salt – 1 batch sugar cookie icing or royal icing

Direction

Beat butter and granulated sugar for 1–2 minutes in a stand mixer with the paddle attachment or a large basin with a handheld mixer. Scrape the basin without mixing egg and vanilla.

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Combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Mix dry ingredients. Half-dough. Roll half the mixture to ¼-inch thickness on lightly floured parchment paper, covered with another. 

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Use the remaining dough half. Let dough chill on a parchment-lined baking sheet for an hour. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Line two or three large baking pans with silicone or parchment.

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Remove one sheet of cookie dough from the fridge and remove the parchment. Place 2.5-inch to 3-inch cookie dough on baking pans with room between them.

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Reroll leftover dough between parchment paper to cut shapes. Continue with another chilled cookie dough sheet. Put cookie tops 11–13 minutes later. 

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After 10 minutes on the pans, carefully transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool. Choose royal or sugar cookie icing. Allow icing to dry before serving.

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Also See: 

Royal icing recipe