Holiday chocolate butter cookies
36 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Sugar |
| ¾ | cup | Butter; softened |
| 1 | Egg yolk | |
| 1 | teaspoon | Almond extract |
| 1½ | cup | Flour |
| ¼ | cup | Unsweetened cocoa |
Directions
Heat oven to 375F. In large bowl, combine all ingredients except flour and cocoa. Beat at medium speed until light and fluffy (2-3 minutes). Gradually add flour and cocoa until well mixed (2-3 minutes). Shape rounded teaspoonfuls as desired. (1" balls, 2-3" logs, balls flattened, balls with indentations, etc.) or use cookie press. Place 1" apart on cookie sheets. bake for 7-9 minutes or until set. cool. Decorate with melted chocolate chips, melted almond bark, nuts, colored sugars, candied fruit, candies, maraschino cherries, etc. Yield: 3 dozen.