Chocolate Cut Out Cookies

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 cups All purpose flour
• ¾ cups Powdered sugar
• 6 tablespoons Unsweetened dutch processed cocoa
• ¾ cups +2 tablespoons Butter – softened
• 1 large Egg – room temperature
• 1 ½ teaspoons Vanilla
• 1 pinch Salt

Instructions

• 1 In a medium bowl sift the flour, cocoa and salt.
• 2 In a large bowl beat the butter and powdered sugar until creamy for about 3-5
  minutes, add vanilla and beat for 1 minute. Add the egg and beat well to
  combine.
• 3 Add the sifted flour to the butter mix and combine to form a compact dough (if
  needed add more flour 1 tablespoon at a time). Move to a flat surface and form
  into a ball, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 2 hours.
• 4 Place the dough on a lightly floured flat surface and roll ¼ inch thick. Cut out
  with cookie cutters and place the cookies on a parchment paper lined cookie
  sheet.
• 5 Pre-heat the oven to 350F (180C). Refrigerate the cookies while the oven is
  pre-heating for 15-20 minutes. When ready, bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes.
  Let them cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet then move them to a wire rack to
  cool completely. Enjoy!

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