Still baking cookies for the festive season. These are beautiful ones, smooth easy to decorate chocolate cookies. Pop a bunch of these in a box and someone will be overjoyed.
- 1 1/2 c plain flour
- 3/4 c cocoa powder
- 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 150g (2/3 c) softened butter
- 3/4 c caster sugar
- 1 egg
- icing sugar for dusting (optional)
Preheat the oven to 190ºC (375ºF).
In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients. In another bowl cream the sugar and butter until smooth and add egg. Blend until combined. Gradually add the wet ingredients to the dry to form a soft pliable dough. (You may not need to add all of the sugar/butter mixture here). Flatten the dough into a fat disc and wrap in plastic. Refrigerate for 2 hours.
Roll the dough out on a floured surface and cut into shapes with cookie cutters. If the dough is sticking, add more flour to the work surface to prevent this. Place your shapes onto a lined baking tray. Bake 10-12 minutes. Cool and add icing and sprinkles or simply dust with icing sugar.