I've been making these simple cookies for a couple of years now and every time I do, I am astounded by how good they are, so I thought I'd share it for those looking for Christmas cookie recipes. It's totally customizable. Each year I do a batch with some other kind of chocolate, last year tiny mnms, this year tiny chocolate chips with a hershey kissable on top. Then I make a more grownup version, this year chocolate cherry returns due to a request for a repeat performance. I just throw in chunked up dried cherries and it's awesome. Any kind of liquor would no doubt be tasty as well. They are perfect for frosting too. My only advice is to make sure you do the setting of the dough in the fridge, and rolling it into balls. It gives a totally different cookie than just blopping it on the pan. They are moist, puffy and chewy (and stay that way) but flatter and drier if you don't.
Chocolate Cookies
Ingredients:
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup milk
Instructions:
1. Heat oven to 375°F.
2. Beat butter, sugar, egg and vanilla in large bowl until well blended.
3. Add flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt alternately with milk, beating until well blended.
4. Cover; refrigerate dough about 1 hour or until firm enough to handle.
5. Shape dough into 1-inch balls; place on ungreased cookie sheet.
6. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set.
7. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.
Makes about three dozen cookies (this morning mine made four dozen, on the small side).
6 comments:
"Any kind of liquor would no doubt be tasty as well."
Ok, where does the any kind of liquor go? Besides in my glass?
The cookies look wonderful!
Heh, I put it into the dough usually, but you know how it is "Julia Child style". One for the batter, one for the chef...
Like instead of the milk. That's the only wet ingredient that I see.
Sorry to be so obtuse!
Yep, could use it in place of the milk. It's a very thick batter, so you could probably get away with both, but the cookies would probably be flatter. Bet they'd be good though!
I'm thinking Kahlua/Nutella!
Ooo, yeah. That would be good. I was thinking an orange liquor of some sort, or maybe irish cream. I love the nutella idea!
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