Chocolate Sugar Cookies Recipe

The perfect Valentines Day Cookies. Heart shaped with frosting. Chocolate. Must I say more?

Or the perfect happy late valentines day cookies. I spend half of last week being sick so this post is a couple of days late. But hey! Just because it’s not valentines day doesn’t mean we cannot share love right?

Ingredients:

• 250 g flour
• 25 g cocoa powder
• 1/3 tsp. salt
• 150 g butter
• 120 g sugar
• 1 egg
• 2/3 tsp. vanilla extract
• Optional: frosting

How to make chocolate sugar cookies

1. Whisk together flour, cocoa powder and salt in a bowl, set aside
2. Beat butter and sugar in an electric mixer for 5 minutes, medium speed
3. Add egg, mix
4. Add vanilla extract, mix
5. Add flour mix at and mix at a low speed
6. Refrigerate for 45 minutes up to 24 hours
7. Set the oven to 160c (320f)
8. Roll out the dough until desired thickness and use a heart cookie cutter
9. Freeze for 15 minutes
10. Bake for 15-17 minutes
11. Cool on cooling rack
12. Optional: add frosting, I have used a vanilla powder & water mix

Oh, and check out this cutie I got for Christmas, a measure cup and weight it one – and it’s PINK!

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