Halloween Chocolate Sugar Cookies
 
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A new holiday favorite with these CHOCOLATE sugar cookies. Tastes exactly like a brownie in sugar cookie form. Fun to decorate!
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 24-30
Ingredients
  • For Cookies:
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup butter, room temperature
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 tablespoons milk
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ cup cocoa powder
  • 1½ cup plus 2 tablespoons gluten free all-purpose flour (I prefer King Arthur brand)
  • 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
  • For Vanilla Frosting:
  • 1 stick butter, room temperature
  • dash of salt
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 3¾ cup powdered sugar
  • 3 tablespoons milk
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or silpat and set aside.
  2. To make cookies, cream together sugar, butter, and egg until light and fluffy in a large mixing bowl or stand mixer. Add vanilla and milk and mix until smooth. Add salt, baking powder, cocoa powder, flour and xanthan gum. Mix until incorporated.
  3. Divide dough into two balls. Lay wax paper down on work surface and lightly flour. Place one ball of dough on top of flour. Dust top of dough with flour. Roll dough to about ⅛' in thickness. Cut out desired shapes and place on cookie sheet at least 1" apart. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes or until edges are browning and set. Cool on pan for 5 minutes until set. Remove with spatula and continue cooling completely on cooling racks. Roll scraps of dough together again and cut out more shapes. Continue process until all dough is gone.
  4. As cookies are cooling, begin making frosting. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter until light and pale. Add salt, vanilla and 2 cups of powdered sugar. Beat until combined. Add milk and beat until smooth. Add another 1¾ cup of powdered sugar and beat until combined. Add more milk to thin or more sugar to thicken. Color with food coloring. Decorate cookies as desired.
Recipe by Breezy Bakes at https://www.breezybakes.com/halloween-chocolate-sugar-cookies/