Chocolate Sugar Cookies

Name: Chocolate Sugar Cookies
Yield: Makes 24 cookies
Ingredients: 1/3 cup (2 1/3 ounces; 66 grams), granulated sugar; 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons (8 1/8 ounces; 230 grams), all-purpose flour; 3/4 cup (2 1/4 ounces; 64 grams), unsweetened cocoa powder; 1/2 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon, baking powder; 14 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1 3/4 cups packed (12 1/4 ounces; 347 grams), dark brown sugar; 1 tablespoon, vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 1 , large egg plus 1 large yolk

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2013

Desserts or Baked Goods

Chocolate

Holiday

Turning a chewy sugar cookie into a chewy chocolate sugar cookie takes a little more than simply stirring in chocolate.

SERVESMakes 24 cookies

TIME1 hour, plus 20 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Making a chocolate version of our favorite chewy sugar cookie wasn’t as easy as simply stirring in some chocolate. When we added melted chocolate to the dough, the cookies lost their signature chew; unsweetened cocoa powder proved to be a b...

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