CHOCOLATE COOKIE CUTOUTS
This all-purpose dough bakes rich and dark cutouts, and the dough can be rolled again and again with little compromise in texture. Follow the recipe below to make your own designs, or cut and bake as directed in specific cookie recipes.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Yield Makes 3 to 4 dozen 3-inch cookies
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Sift together flour, cocoa, salt, and cinnamon. With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until pale and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla, and beat to combine. Reduce speed to low. Gradually add flour mixture, beating until just combined.
- Divide dough in half; flatten each half into a disk, and wrap in plastic. Refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour (or overnight). Dough can be frozen, wrapped tightly in plastic and placed in a resealable plastic bag, up to 3 months; thaw overnight in the refrigerator before using.
- On a lightly floured work surface (or a piece of parchment paper), roll out one disk of dough to just under 1/4 inch thick. Transfer to a baking sheet; freeze until firm, about 15 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds. Using a 3-inch cookie cutter, quickly cut out shapes from dough (if dough begins to soften, chill in freezer 5 minutes), and transfer shapes to parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing them 2 inches apart, as you work. Reroll scraps and cut out more shapes. Brush off excess flour. Freeze until firm, about 15 minutes. Repeat with remaining disk of dough.
- Bake cookies until crisp, about 8 minutes, firmly tapping down sheets once and rotating them halfway through. Let cool completely on sheets on wire racks before decorating as desired.
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Wendy Ann
[email protected]These cookies are a waste of time and ingredients.
Akidul Islam
[email protected]I wouldn't recommend this recipe.
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[email protected]These cookies were a disappointment. They were dry and crumbly.
Suren Bhattarai
[email protected]I had a hard time getting the cookies to spread out. They ended up being more like chocolate drops than cookies.
Zebulun Makumator
[email protected]These cookies are a bit too sweet for my taste, but they're still good.
sabrina musselman
[email protected]I love the simplicity of this recipe. It's easy to follow and the cookies always turn out great.
Qwabena General
[email protected]These cookies are perfect for Christmas! They're festive and delicious.
Giwrgos Soccer
[email protected]I made these cookies for a bake sale and they were a huge success! They sold out in no time.
Bulat Sacet
[email protected]These cookies are a great way to use up leftover chocolate chips. They're also really easy to make, which is a plus.
Philomena Ekuful
[email protected]I was looking for a chocolate cookie recipe that was easy to make and these cookies fit the bill. They turned out great! They're crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside, and the chocolate flavor is perfect.
Noxie Mama we boys Msutu
[email protected]These cookies are so good! I made them for a party and they were gone in minutes. Everyone loved them.
Soboj Md
[email protected]I've made these cookies several times and they're always a hit. They're easy to make and the results are always delicious. I love that I can use different cookie cutters to make different shapes.
Joe V
[email protected]These cookies are delicious! The chocolate flavor is rich and decadent, and the cookies are the perfect texture - crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. I will definitely be making these again.
Ataa Bonsu
[email protected]I love these cookies! They're so easy to make and always turn out great. I've made them for parties, potlucks, and just for snacks at home. They're always a hit.
Cee Nance
[email protected]These cookies were a hit with my family! They were so easy to make and turned out perfectly. The chocolate flavor was rich and decadent, and the cookies were the perfect texture - crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. I will definitely be ma