Recipe: Perfect Checkerboard cookies

Checkerboard cookies. Line a baking sheet with a Silpat baking mat or parchment paper. Checkerboard Cookies are buttery, whimsical butter cookies that are perfect for when you can't decide if you want a chocolate or vanilla cookie! This is an easy cookie recipe that looks impressive, but is simple and fun to make! Chill the dough before attempting to shape into logs. Place two strips of opposing colors next to each other.

Place two more on top of those, placing opposing colors on top of each other. These egg free vanilla and chocolate flavored Checkerboard Cookies are light and buttery. They are perfect for tea time or special occasions. You can cook Checkerboard cookies using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Checkerboard cookies

1. You need 2 cups of flour.
2. It's 1/2 cup of butter.
3. Prepare 1/2 cup of sugar or more.
4. It's 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence(optional).
5. You need 1 of small egg.
6. You need 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder.

Some weeks back I made a variety of cookies for Vacation Bible School. I know it has been a while but I did not want you to miss these egg free vanilla and chocolate flavored Checkerboard Cookies. I am excited to show you a new method of forming the checkerboard suggested by August, a fan of Roti n Rice. The cookies start out with a shortbread dough.

Checkerboard cookies step by step

1. In a bowl, add butter, sugar and mix until creamy. Add in egg, vanilla and mix to combine..
2. Slowly add the flour until it forms a dough. Divide ur dough into 2, add cocoa powder to one and combine thoroughly..
3. Roll out 4 vanilla dough and 5 chocolate dough. Combine together as shown in the pictures. Freeze for 30mins.
4. Preheat ur oven for 7 mins. After 30 mins, slice and arrange in baking pan. Bake on low heat for 20-30mins..
5. Romove from heat and allow to cool.Your cookies are ready! 😊.

Add espresso powder, chocolate, and cocoa powder to half that dough. Square each batch of dough into a rectangular block. Checkerboard cookies have alternate strips of vanilla and chocolate dough, hence giving the appearance of a checkerboard. The dough for these cookies is made with basic pantry essentials like butter, sugar and flour. Checkerboard cookies look difficult to make, but they're actually pretty easy.