Chocolate Crackle Cookies

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 cup	31g / 1.1oz	All-purpose flour
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Granulated sugar
1/4 cup	27g / 1oz	Unsweetened Dutch process cocoa
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Baking powder
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Salt
2 tablespoons	30ml	Unsalted butter, softened
1 tablespoon	15ml	Egg - beaten lightly (large)
2 tablespoons	30ml	Confectioners' sugar

Recipe Instructions

In a bowl, stir together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, and salt and using fingers, blend in butter. Stir in egg until mixture is blended. Spread dough in a thin layer in bowl and freeze 10 minutes, or until firm.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees and lightly grease 2 baking sheets.

Spoon level teaspoons of dough onto a sheet of waxed paper. Put 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar in a small bowl and dust hands with additional. Roll each piece of dough into a ball and then in confectioners' sugar in bowl. Arrange balls 2 inches apart on baking sheets and bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching sheets halfway through baking time, 8 to 10 minutes, or until cookies are just set. Cool cookies on racks.

This recipe yields approximately 30 cookies.

Source:
COOKING LIVE with Sara Moulton - Recipe courtesy of Gourmet Magazine - From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # CL-9147)

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