• No secret my love of chocolate and my love of baking. Long and hard I have searched for a chocolate cookie that was both delicious, and able to be rolled and cut into fun shapes. Don’t misunderstand me, non-shaped chocolate cookies are tasty, but I wanted to be able to have fun and decorate them as well. I don’t ask for much. After tons of adjusting I have finally arrived at my preferred chocolate sugar cookie recipe. It holds it’s shape without spreading, it’s crisp on the edges but soft on the inside. It’s sturdy enough to carry some frosting, and it tastes like love.

    You will need:
    1 cup softened salted butter
    1/4 cup shortening (important for texture!)
    1 1/2 cups sugar
    2 eggs
    2 teaspoons vanilla
    3/4 teaspoon baking powder
    Heaping 2/3 cup cocoa
    3 cups all purpose flour

    Cream your butter, shortening and sugar in your stand mixer, gradually add your eggs one at a time. Next comes the vanilla. Finally add your cocoa and flour, one cup at a time.

    Chill your dough for about an hour, roll out, cut, and bake in a preheated 375 degree oven. Bake for 6 and a half minutes. The cookies will look slightly underdone, but they will finish cooking as they set. Leave them on the baking sheet for about a minute before removing to cool.

    Cool completely and frost to your hearts content. Or just eat them the way they are, they are just that good!!