Roll-out Cookies - Chocolatey

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 cups flour
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder

Recipe

• 1 pre heat oven to 400f degrees.
• 2 in a large bowl cream butter and sugar with electric mixer.
• 3 beat in egg and vanilla.
• 4 in another bowl mix baking powder, flour and cocoa powder.
• 5 add 1 cup at a time, combining after each addition.
• 6 you will need to add last 3/4 cup by hand -- mix thoroughly.
• 7 do not chill dough as it will be stiff.
• 8 on a very lightly floured surface (you might use a cocoa/flour mix), roll out to 1/8-1/4 inch thickness.
• 9 use any cookie cutter and cut away.
• 10 bake for 6-10 minutes or until firm (it will be hard to see that they are turning brown).
• 11 cool, decorate if desired, and enjoy!
• 12 these can be cooked and frozen ahead. we prefer to decorate after thawing, to prevent running colors. try sugar cookie icing "sugar cookie icing" for these.