chocolate sugar cookies

recipe adapted from annie's eats

this recipe doesn't make very much so i usually double it. you can never have too many chocolate sugar cookies right? i should warn you, the dough is extremely sticky. i have to refrigerate it overnight before it is workable. even then it's still pretty sticky so i use plenty of flour to roll them out and a pastry brush to remove the excess flour so they look nice and clean when baked.


1 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup dutch process cocoa powder (i've found hershey's special dark at the grocery store. just make sure it's dutch process and not natural cocoa powder.)
pinch of salt
6 tablespoons (3 oz.) unsalted butter, room temperature
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

in a small bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder and salt; whisk to blend and set aside. in the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the butter and sugar. beat on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes. blend in the egg and vanilla. with the mixer on low, add the dry ingredients and mix just until incorporated and no streaks remain. for the dough into a disc, wrap tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.

preheat the oven to 325*. line a baking sheet with parchment or a silicone baking mat. on a floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/4 inch thick. cut out shapes and place on baking sheets. bake 8-8 1/2 minutes, just until set. let cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before decorating.

i used the glace icing and tutorial to decorate the cookies from out best bites.