Chocolate Crisps

Total Time: 26 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 16 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temp
• 1 -1 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened dutch cocoa
• 2 tablespoons almond extract (can sub vanilla or orange extract)
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 large egg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• nuts (they should be finely ground and roasted beforehand, the oils in them would weigh the cookie down) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy; i added each ingredient into this mixture and blended well; i added the flour by the 1/2 cup because i wanted to make sure it was well blended. the mix should be light and fluffy when done. i chilled for about an hour; then preheated my oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 drop by teaspoon onto baking sheet or parchment paper, bake for 17 minutes. cool for 5 minutes.