Chocolate Sugar Cookies

Dark, soft chocolate sugar cookies with a vanilla and chocolate glaze- perfect for Valentine’s Day! They are so versatile in that you can cut them into whatever shape you’d like and frost them with a variety of different toppings. Personally, I like a vanilla icing, but you could use Nutella, melted chocolate, lemon curd jam, etc. 

I’ve even used this chocolate cookie dough as a tart shell and then filled it with lemon curd. It is absolutely essential to refrigerate the cookie dough. Chilled dough is a breeze to work with. I wanted to make and eat these fast- so I put the dough outside. Oh, the joys of winter. These are perfect for Valentine’s Day, especially if you cut them into heart shapes and decorate with sprinkles. And if you’re a chocoholic, or even if you aren’t, you’ll find these totally and completely addictive.

Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 cup cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

For the chocolate icing:

• 2 tbsp melted butter
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 3-5 tbsp milk