The Taste of Cocoa In a Cookie

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I have no idea where this recipe originated as I had clipped it out of a magazine several years ago and it was just titled “chocolate cookies”.  I renamed it cocoa cookies as with the white chocolate and peppermint, it reminded me of a cup of cocoa.   So now you can now have the taste of cocoa in a cookie.

This is a great base chocolate cookie, serve as is, or decorate it for the season you are in.  Pastels for the Spring, Red, White, and Blue for the summer, or with Peppermint to remind you of winter when it might be 100 outside.

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A Great Chocolate – Cocoa Cookie

The original recipe was a plain cookie which is good, but why not make it great?

This recipe makes a large amount, so many times I have done just half of the recipe.

These are a great cookie plain – good and chocolatey.

 

What You Need to Make These Chocolatey, Cocoa Cookies

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/4 cups unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• Additional sugar for dipping – approximately 1/4 cup
• White candy melts
• Candy canes or peppermints – the amount will depend on how many you do.

 

Instructions

1. Sift flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt together. Set aside.
2. Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each.
4. Add vanilla.
5. Beat an additional 2 minutes.
6. On low speed, add flour/cocoa mixture until well combined.
7. Don’t overmix.
8. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and chill in refrigerator for 1 hour.
9. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
10. Use Silpats or parchment paper on baking sheets.
11. Roll dough into 1″ balls or use small cookie scoop.
12. Roll these balls into your additional sugar.
13. Place on baking sheet about 1 1/2″ apart.
14. Bake until just firm – about 8 minutes.
15. Let cool on baking sheets for a few minutes.
16. Transfer to cooling racks to complete cooling.
17. Store in air-tight container after completely cool.

Decorating Ideas

• With melting chocolate, follow directions on the bag for melting
• Crush your own candy canes or peppermints in a plastic bag
• Choose colors for the holiday or event
• Dip or drizzle the cookie in melted chocolate
• Sprinkle with peppermints, sprinkles, or sanding sugar
• Chopped nuts are also an idea

To make these a bit more festive, I dipped about a third of the cookie in white candy melts then sprinkled with crushed candy canes.

For my most recent recipe, I used red candy melts and white sanding sugar.

This could also be a cookie to decorate as an alternative to a plain sugar cookie.

The Taste of Cocoa in a Cookie

Just imagine right now, having those flavors of chocolate, with a little extra chocolate or peppermint.  Yum – doesn’t it sound good?

Need more cookie or treat ideas?  You can also search the “dessert” and “Christmas” links on the blog.

 

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Let me know if you try these wonderful cookies.

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