Chocolate {Valentine} Cutout Cookies

I first saw these cookies on Flickr. Glorious Treats made them.......and they look AMAZING!!

Sunshine and I made them over the weekend.......ours don't look as perfect and as glorious as the ones we saw on Flickr........but not bad for our first attempt!

It took a little bit of foot work to track down the recipe, but I found it! Posted here on a cake message board.

Chocolate {Valentine} Cutout Cookies

(printable recipe)

1 cup unsalted butter
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 large egg
2 Tbsp extra-strong coffee or chocolate liqueur *(I used Vanilla with instant coffee mixed in)
1/2 cup cocoa powder
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt

Cream together the butter and sugars for 2 minutes.
Scrape the bowl and cream the mixture for an additional minute. Beat in the egg
and coffee or liqueur. Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Add the flour mixture 1 cup at a time to the butter mixture. Mix well.

Divide dough and chill. Bake 6 to 8 minutes at 350 degrees. Allow cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack. This dough can be frozen.

*I got (18) 3" hearts and (9) 4.5" hearts out of one batch.

Ice with Royal Icing. Color with Americolor Super Red and Americolor Deep Pink.

Bridget of Bake at 350 has some GREAT posts on
Royal Icing - just click here to read them!

I'm sharing this recipe at Tempt Your Tummy Tuesday, Balancing Beauty and Bedlam Mouth Watering Mondays and Tuesdays at the Table, Foodie Friday recipe exchanges alos Kimba's DIY Day and Kristin's Works for Me Wednesday. Be sure to visit them for more great recipes and ideas!

I'm linking this post to Hoosier Homemade's Valentine Party!!
Be sure to go over and check out ALL of the Valentine Ideas.....
there are giveaways too!!

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