Cocoa Cookies With Cocoa Glaze

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 5 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 3/4 cups light brown sugar, packed
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/3 cup boiling water, approximately
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
• 5 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup milk, approximately
• 1 tablespoon boiling water, approximately
• 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 2 sift dry ingredients together and set aside.
• 3 cream butter and sugar together.
• 4 add enough boiling water to cocoa to make a paste.
• 5 beat into butter mixture.
• 6 stir in milk, cinnamon and vanilla.
• 7 add flour mixture and stir to make a stiff dough.
• 8 roll out and cut out cookies.
• 9 place 2" apart on greased cookie sheet.
• 10 bake at 375° until lightly browned, about 10-15 minutes.
• 11 cool completely.
• 12 for the glaze, combine butter and milk in top of double boiler and heat just until butter melts.
• 13 add enough boiling water to cocoa to make a paste.
• 14 stir cocoa mixture into butter mixture.
• 15 add vanilla, then powdered sugar.
• 16 if glaze is too thick, add a little more milk.
• 17 frost cookies when cool.