glazed chocolate fudge cut out cookies - dee dee's
For all you chocolate lovers, you are gonna love this glazed chocolate fudgy goodness!! Decorating cookies became a tradition for my daughter and me when my daughter was very young. We decorated cookies for Christmas, Valentines, Easter and Halloween. We've continued this tradition with her sons, my grandsons. This is not our recipe but when I spotted these amazing "chocolate" cut out cookies I knew I had to give them a try!! I can't wait to share these with my daughter. Hope you enjoy!! Adapted from Jamiecooksitup Photo's are mine
prep time
1 Hr
cook time
10 Min
method
Bake
yield
36 to 48 cookies depending on size
Ingredients
- COOKIES
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder (use good quality cocoa)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 - egg
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- GLAZE
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon corn syrup, light
- 1 tablespoon milk (you may need more milk)
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- - food coloring (i used a gel food coloring)
- NOTE: I MADE 3 BATCHES OF GLAZE; 1 WHITE, 1 PINK AND 1 RED. THIS WAS NOT ENOUGH GLAZE TO COVER ALL THE COOKIES SO YOU WILL NEED TO MAKE ADDITIONAL BATCHES AS NEEDED. THE AMOUNT I MADE COVERED 12 TO 14 MED/LG COOKIES.
How To Make glazed chocolate fudge cut out cookies - dee dee's
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Step 1DIRECTIONS FOR COOKIES In a separate bowl sift together: flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt; set aside. NOTE: once sifted, I whisked to ensure dry ingredients were well combined. -
Step 2Cream butter, sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg, water, almond extract and vanilla. Mix for about 1 minute, or until well combined.
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Step 3Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture 2 or 3 tablespoons at a time. Beat until all ingredients are mixed well. Refrigerate dough 30 minutes to 1 hour.
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Step 4Roll the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Cut it into desired shapes. NOTE: For my lightly floured surface, I mix cocoa in my flour to prevent white flour spots on the cookies.
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Step 5Bake at 350 degrees for 7-10 minutes. Do not over bake. These cookies are better a little soft. Remove for oven and cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes; tranfer to wire rack to completely cool.
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Step 6Photo of baked cookies cooling on rack.
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Step 7DIRECTIONS FOR GLAZE Place all ingredients, except the food coloring, into a medium sized bowl; whisk to combine. You want a thick syrup. Add more powdered sugar to thicken, and more milk to thin.
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Step 8Add the food coloring, whisk well to combined.
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Step 9Pour the icing into a condiment bottle. Be sure to put the cap on to ensure it doesn't dry out.
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Step 10Make additional colors as desired repeating the above steps.
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Step 11To decorate; cover cookie with glaze (your choice of color). To make fun patterns and designs you can pipe a different color onto the cookie while it is still wet, or pipe another color on, after it has dried (for 5 minutes). Just depends what kind of look you like. All of the cookies you see here I've used the wet on wet technique.
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Step 12Allow cookies to dry over night. Once dry, cookies should stack nicely without affecting the design.
- Last Step: Don't forget to share! Post a picture of your finished recipe here and on your favorite social network. Don't forget to tag Just A Pinch and include #justapinchrecipes!
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