Pennsylvania Dutch Chocolate Cookies
My grandma's recipe for chewy, yet slightly crisp, chocolate cookies. Perfect for your Christmas cookie baking list or anytime
Equipment
Ingredients
For the Cookies
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup cocoa
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- Dash of salt
- Pinch of cinnamon optional
- Granulated sugar to roll cookie balls in.
- For the Icing small batch to decorate 2-3 dozen cookies with snowflakes
- 1 egg white
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 - 2 cups confectioner's sugar
Instructions
For the Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350'F
- Cream butter and sugar
- Add eggs and cocoa and beat at low speed until mixed well
- Add flour, soda, salt and cinnamon, and mix until well blended.
- Roll into balls, about the size of walnuts and place 2" apart on a greased cookie sheet or cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Roll the balls in sugar and flatten with the bottom of a cup
- Bake for 10-12 minutes
- Once cool, decorate with royal icing if desired. Grandma would make these by just decorating them with colored sugar.
For the Icing
- Add the egg white to the bowl of the mixer and beat until frothy.
- Add vanilla and 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar and mix until it is the consistency of toothpaste.
- You may need to add more powdered sugar to get the right consistency, but do it in small increments.
- If it becomes too thick, add water in wee increments.
- Fill icing bag.
- I used a Wilton #3 round tip to make my snowflakes.
Notes
Adapted from Grandma Stocker
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 1476kcalCarbohydrates: 213gProtein: 19gSaturated Fat: 42gCholesterol: 271mgSodium: 1027mgFiber: 11gSugar: 134g
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