Chocolate Sugar-Cookie Gingerbread Men

🧂 Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• ⅔ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup unsalted butter

  room temperature
• 1 ½ cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

• 1 In a large bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking powder.
• 2 In a mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at
  a time, and then vanilla.
• 3 Slowly add flour mixture and beat just until combined.
• 4 Remove dough from bowl to waxed paper or plastic wrap. Shape into a square, wrap
  tightly in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours to overnight.
• 5 Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
• 6 Roll out dough to ¼ inch thickness and cut using cookie cutter. Place on baking
  sheet.
• 7 Bake for 9 to 11 minutes until edges are set. Allow to cool on baking sheet for
  10 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.
• 8 Cool completely before decorating as desired.

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