Chocolate Marzipan Sugar Cookies

Total Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 7 ounces marzipan, cut into chunks
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 large egg
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• powdered sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f line a baking sheet iwth parchment paper.
• 2 in a food processor, combine both sugars and marzipan. process until they resemble a fine sand, about 1 minute. transfer mixture to a large bowl. add butter, vanilla, baking powder, baking soda, salt and egg.
• 3 use an electric mixer to beat until smooth, scraping down the bowl, once during mixing, about 2 minutes.
• 4 add flour and cocoa powder and mix until incorporated, scraping down once during mixing, about 1 minute. the dough should be very stiff. baking in batches, drop 1 tablespoons balls of dough on prepared sheet, leaving about 2-inches around all sides. bake on the oven's lower rack until cookies are flat and have a crackled surface, about 10 minutes.
• 5 the cookies will be very soft. let them cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet, then transfer to a rack to cool completely. if desired, once cookies are cool, dust them with powdered sugar.