Chocolate Cut Out Cookies recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup butter
2 cups white sugar
3 eggs
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
10 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

Nutrition Info

136.5 calories
carbohydrate: 20 g
cholesterol: 29.1 mg
fat: 5.8 g
fiber: 0.7 g
protein: 1.9 g
saturatedFat: 3.5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 56.2 mg
sugar: 11.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Cream butter or margarine and sugar until light and fluffy, add eggs, one at a time, beating well. Mix in the vanilla. Combine flour, cocoa powder and baking powder, add and mix well. Wrap dough in waxed paper and chill for 2 hours.

  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  3. Divide dough in half. Roll out each half to 1/4 inch thick. Cut with desired shaped cookie cutters. Place on lightly greased cookie sheets and bake for 10-12 minutes.

Recipe Yield

6 dozen

Recipe Note

A great cookie for cutouts that are brown in color: footballs, animals, leaves, etc.

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