Pre-decoration cookies.  I know, I know, I’m a day late with the Halloween theme, but close your eyes and just imagine that they are leaves and turkeys.

The decorated versions.  Are your eyes closed?  There you go, lovely Autumn leaves and turkeys.

BROWNIE CUT-OUT COOKIES

“Got a hankering for brownies? Got a hankering for sugar cookies?  Got a hankering for both?  Well here’s the answer to all of your prayers, a sugar cookie with the chocolatey goodness of a brownie.  Yummy times two.  Enjoy.”

1 cup Butter

1½ cups Sugar

2 Eggs

1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

3 cups Flour

½ teaspoon Baking Powder

½ teaspoon Salt

2/3 cup Cocoa Powder

Goodies for decorations

 

Cream butter and sugar.

Mix in eggs and vanilla extract.

Mix in flour, baking powder, salt, and cocoa powder.

Form dough into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for one hour.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

On a floured surface and using a floured rolling pin, roll dough out to a thickness of 1/8^th inch.

Cut into desired shapes and place on parchment paper lined baking sheets.

Bake for 8 minutes.

Decorate to your heart’s content.

 

Makes about 76 cookies, but the number is of course heavily dependent on the size of cookie cutters used.

Revised Source: “Brownie Roll-Out Cookies” recipe on www.smittenkitchen.com.