Black Cookies (Jack-O'-Lantern Cookies)
Black cocoa sugar cookies have an intense black color, delicious cocoa flavor, hold their shape when baking and are the perfect black canvas for Halloween cookies.
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
- ½ cup black cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 recipe Royal icing
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa and salt until combined. Set aside.2 ½ cups all purpose flour, ½ cup black cocoa powder, ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter and sugar until thoroughly combined.1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature, 1 cup granulated sugar
- Add the egg, followed by the vanilla extract beating until just combined.1 large egg, room temperature, 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- Scrape down the bowl. With the mixer on low speed, gradually add the flour/cocoa mixture and beat until just combined.
- Turn the dough out onto a work surface sprinkled lightly with confectioner's sugar. Pat the dough into a disc shape.
- Wrap tightly with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
- Place the chilled dough on a work surface that has been lightly sprinkled with flour. Sprinkle the top of the dough and the rolling pin lightly with confectioner's sugar to prevent any sticking.
- Roll out the dough to ⅛" - ¼" thick, depending on your preference, rotating the dough as you roll to prevent the dough from sticking.
- Cut out desired shapes and place the cookies 2" apart on the cookie sheets.
- Place the cookie sheets into the refrigerator for 30 minutes to chill.
- Bake the cookies for 12-17 minutes. Rotate the cookie sheets, halfway through baking. You're looking for the cookies to be soft when touched in the center, but fully cooked. Baking the cookies longer will result in a crispier cookie while baking them to just cooked will keep them soft.
- Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheets for 10 minutes, before transferring them to a cooling rack to cool completely before decorating.1 recipe Royal icing
Nutrition
Calories: 311kcalCarbohydrates: 39gProtein: 4gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 56mgSodium: 106mgPotassium: 94mgFiber: 2gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 496IUCalcium: 16mgIron: 2mg
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