Chocolate Sugar Cookies

2 1/4 cups white, all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 3/4 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3 egg yolks
1/4 cup unsweetened dark cocoa powder
Pinch of salt
Powdered sugar

~ Place the flour on your work space and make a well in it. Add all the other ingredients and kneed the mixture with your hands until it forms a ball of dough.

~ Divide the dough in two equal parts. Place the first half on a sheet of parchment paper and roll it out with a rolling pin until it’s less than 1/2 inch thick. Cut the dough with cookie cutters. Repeat with second half of dough.

~ Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes or until done. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

These would also be great with a basic buttercream frosting, or some melted, drizzled white chocolate and sprinkles.

[image: flickr]

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Apparently they’ve spent a lot of time trying to get the perfect chocolate flavor into the beer (hmm, I could have helped them with that).  Chocolate beer is an interesting idea, but I think I’ll reserve judgement on this one until I try it.  Could be good, or it could be just plain yuck. 

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