Chocolate Sugar Cookies
Sugar Cookies are a mandate around this time of the year, and we made it extra special with the flavor of chocolate. This Chocolate Sugar Cookies are so easy to make and perfect for beginners too. I used a cookie stamp press and kept it simple, without any icing on it.
Ingredients
- 1 and ½ stick softened (not melted unsalted butter)
- ¾ cup white granulated sugar
- 1 egg kept at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons orange zest
- 1 and ½ cup all purpose flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, whisk the butter with sugar.
- Sprinkle salt, orange zest and 1 egg. Whisk to mix.
- In a bowl add the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder. Whisk to mix.
- Sift the dry ingredient to the butter and using a rubber spatula mix it to form a dough. Do not over mix or knead.
- Wrap the dough in a clear wrap and place in the fridge to chill the dough for 2 hours.
- When rolling the dough, dust a little cocoa powder and then roll the dough using gentle pressure. Roll it to ¼ inch thick.
- Using the cookie cutter, cut out the dough into multiple shapes and place in a cookie sheet. Place the cookie sheet back in the fridge while you preheat the oven.
- Preheat the oven to 350 F and bake the cookies, placing the sheet in the middle rack for 10 minutes.
- Once done, take the cookie sheet out and let the cookies cool down in the hot cookie sheet for 2 minutes.
- Then remove the cookies from the sheet to the wire rack to cool it down completely.
Notes
Things to remember when making these cookies:
You need to have room temperature softened butter and not melted butter. When you mix the ingredients, do not over mix or knead the dough. Either use a rubber spatula to mix or paddle attachment if using a stand mixer. When you are rolling the dough, instead of dusting with flour, dust with cocoa powder. And let the dough rest in the fridge for 2 hours. The dough needs to be cold when rolled out. While rolling the dough and cutting, if the dough gets sticky or warm, place it back in the fridge.Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 62kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 1gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 24mgSugar: 5g