Checkerboard Cookies

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 3 tablespoons dutch-processed cocoa powder

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar.
• 2 add egg vanilla and flour.
• 3 remove dough from mixer and divide in half.
• 4 add cocoa to one half.
• 5 at this point, you can divide the dough in half and color red, green or whatever with a few drops of food coloring.
• 6 roll dough between two sheets of plastic wrap into 7 inch squares, around 3/8" thick.
• 7 slice into 9 3/4 inch wide strips.
• 8 alternate colors, stacking 3 layers into checkerboard design. wrap log in plastic. make second log with reverse color pattern.
• 9 chill logs 30 minutes in refrigerator or 15 minutes in freezer.
• 10 preheat oven to 350°.
• 11 slice logs into 1/4" cookies and bake for 10-12 minutes.
• 12 cool two minutes on tray before removing to cooling rack.