Chocolate Cut Out Cookies

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 dash salt
• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 1 1/3 cups sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk

Recipe

• 1 sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt until well blended .
• 2 cream butter and sugar until smooth in a eparate bowl, then beat in the egg and yolk. mix the sifted ingredients into the creamed butter slowly
• 3 divide dough and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
• 4 heat the oven to 375 degrees f and on a lightly floured surface roll out the chilled dough to about 1/6 inch thickness and cut dough into shapes. be careful its sticky!
• 5 bake cookies 8 to 10 then let cool on sheets for a few minutes before removing them to a rack.