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Dark Cocoa Spice Cookies Recipe


Dark Cocoa Spice Cookies Recipe
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Ingredients
  • 2-1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened Dutch process cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. ground cardamom
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1-1/2 cups dark brown sugar
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 tsp. coconut extract
  • Demerara sugar or decorating sugar
  • ROYAL ICING:
  • 1 large egg white
  • 1-1/4 cups sifted powdered sugar
  • Pinch cream of tartar

Directions
  1. 1, Sift together flour, cocoa, cinnamon, cardamom, baking soda, and
  2. salt in medium bowl; set aside.
  3. 2. Beat butter and brown sugar in large bowl with electric mixer at
  4. medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks and coconut
  5. extract. Add sifted flour mixture and mix well.
  6. 3. Gather dough into ball and divde into 4 equal pieces. Shape each
  7. piece into 6-inch long log. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate 3 to
  8. 4 hours or until firm.
  9. 4. Heat oven to 325. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Slice
  10. each log into 16 cookies. Place 1 inch apart on cookie sheets and
  11. bake 12 minutes. Cool on cookie sheets 5 minutes. Remove to wire
  12. racks; cool completely.
  13. 5. For royal icing, beat egg white, powdered sugar and cream of tartar
  14. in small bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until thick and
  15. smooth. Cover icing with damp clotch during use to prevent icing from
  16. drying.
  17. 6. Use small pain bruth to brush edges of cooled cookies with royal
  18. icing, then roll edges in demerara sugar before icing hardens. Makes
  19. about 60 cookies
  20. Tip: Keep your pain brush in the kitchen where it belongs and out of
  21. the kids' art projects by writing "kitchen only" on the wooden handle
  22. in marker.
  23. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chocolatekraze

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