Soft Chocolate Sugar Cookies

By á-10966

If you love sugar cookies you'll love these Soft Chocolate Sugar Cookies recipe, they're scrumptiously delicious!

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, divided
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 14 tablespoon butter
• 1 3/4 cups dark brown sugar, packed
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk

Details

Servings 24
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 35mins
Adapted from melskitchencafe.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350˚F.

Pour the granulated sugar on a plate or shallow dish like a pie plate and set aside. In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and baking powder.

In a large bowl, melt 10 tablespoons of the butter in the microwave. Take care not to overheat; microwave the butter until just melted. Stir in the remaining 4 tablespoons butter until melted. Allow the butter to cool for 5 to 10 minutes (it should be about 90 to 95°F on an instant read thermometer).

Whisk the brown sugar, vanilla and salt into the melted butter until the mixture is completely smooth. Whisk in the egg and egg yolk until smooth. Stir in the flour mixture until just combined.

Roll the dough into balls, about 2 tablespoons for each cookie. Roll the balls in the granulated sugar and place on lightly greased or lined (with parchment or silpat liners) baking sheets. Using the bottom of a glass, flatten the cookies to about 1/4-inch thick, more or less. Sprinkle the cookies with a bit more granulated sugar (just a pinch per cookie).

Bake the cookies, one sheet at a time, until they have puffed and have cracks running through the top, about 12 to 14 minutes. Don't over bake or the cookies will be dry. Transfer the cookies to a baking rack to cool completely.