Over my Spring Break I wanted to make something fun for Easter. I found some really cute Easter cookie cutters made by Wilton. I bought them excited to decorate sugar cookies. When I showed my husbands the cookie cutters he asked why we don't make chocolate sugar cookies. I looked at him like he was crazy thinking there was no such thing. When I really started to think about chocolate sugar cookies they sounded like they could turn out really good. So, I grabbed my sugar cookie recipe and made some alterations to turn them into chocolate cookies. I decided to search online to see if there was a recipe for chocolate sugar cookies before I tried the recipe and waste all of the ingredients because they are terrible. I was shocked to see how many different chocolate sugar cookie recipes there are. Why have I never heard of these? I tried my recipe and they turned out delicious! After trying them I was even more upset that I have never had them before. These cookies are very sweet. I found that they do not need to be covered in icing. I ended up just outlining the cookie and it was the perfect amount of icing. If you have never tried these cookies before, you should they are excellent. They are also a great way to switch things up for the holidays.
Chocolate Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
1 3/4 c. Sugar
1 c. Butter
2 Eggs
3 Tbs Cream
2 tsp Vanilla
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
2 3/4 c. Flour
3/4 c. Cocoa Powder
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl cream the sugar and shortening. Beat the eggs and then add to the butter mixture. Next, add the cream and vanilla. In another bowl sift together the baking powder, salt, flour, and cocoa powder. Slowly mix the flour to the butter mixture. Chill the dough for an hour or over night. Roll out the dough and cut shapes with cookie cutters. Bake for 6-9 minutes. Frost with the buttercream icing and decorate.
