Chocolate Sugar Cookies. Whisk the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Beat the butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy. Quick and easy chocolate sugar cookies recipe with crispy texture of classic cut out sugar cookies and a rich chocolate flavor. Being a chocoholic, one of my favorite cookies are these cut out chocolate sugar cookies with cocoa powder. Basically, they have the texture of my classic sugar cookies but a rich chocolate flavor that's to die for!

A sugar cookie is a cookie where the main ingredients are sugar, flour, butter, eggs, vanilla and baking powder or baking soda. A chocolate sugar cookie is the same thing but with cocoa powder in it. How to Make the Best Chocolate Sugar Cookies. You can have Chocolate Sugar Cookies using 8 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chocolate Sugar Cookies

You need 2.75 Cups of All Purpose Flour.
Prepare 1/2 Teaspoon of Salt.
Prepare 1 Teaspoon of Baking Powder.
Prepare 3/4 Cup of Cocoa Unsweetened.
It's 1 Cup of Unsalted Butter.
You need 1.75 Cups of Sugar.
Prepare 2 of Eggs.
It's 2.5 Teaspoons of Vanilla Extract Pure.

Cookies are super easy to make. The chocolate sugar cookies bake up to be soft in the centers and wonderfully crisp on the edges. I have TWO icing recipes and you can choose whichever works best for you. Chocolate Sugar Cookies-so simple yet so good!

Chocolate Sugar Cookies instructions

In a bowl whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder and cocoa powder. Once done set it aside..
In a separate bowl, using a mixer, cream the butter till light and fluffy and then add the sugar and keep beating till the mixture is light and fluffy..
Add the vanilla and mix..
Add one egg at a time and mix..
Add the flour mixture little at a time and beat until a smooth dough is formed. The dough may look dry but it will come together as you keep mixing..
Once done, separate the dough into 2 equal portions, wrap in foil/plastic wrap and put in the fridge for about an hour or till it's firm enough to be rolled out. Not too soft..
Take one portion of the dough from the fridge after an hour has passed, roll it out and cut into shapes as desired with a cookie cutter..
Preheat oven to 300F and bake for 8-9 mins..
Tip: When the cookies are done and cooled the texture should be soft and chewy. It would taste like a cake cookie. If the cookie has a hard texture that means it has been over baked. The portions in this recipe made about 80 single cookies..

Sometimes you just get in a mood. You look through all the cabinets. You stand in front of the refrigerator, with the door open. Who said sugar cookies have to be basic? You can make unlimited cookie variations with these chocolate sugar cookies.