Valentine's Day is Tuesday and I can't celebrate without chocolate of some kind. Three of my four valentines are home this weekend so I'm starting early. Our youngest son, Ryan, attends a wonderful school for Autistic children and they like to celebrate everything. Ryan wants to take cookies as valentines this year and I want to give my students each a cookie to take home on Tuesday, so I'm doubling the batch. Here it is.
Yields about 36
2 sticks of butter softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 1/2 cups flour
In a large bowl with a mixer cream the butter, sugar and cocoa together. Add the egg and vanilla
mix to combine. Scrap down the sides of the bowl and add flour and baking powder and continue to mix with the mixer on low to start. Continue to mix until the dough comes together. Place the dough in the center of a large piece of plastic wrap. Using the edges of the wrap to help you, form the dough into a disc, wrap completely and place in the frig for 2 hours. Lightly dust a counter top or cutting board with flour along with your rolling pin and roll the dough out to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut with desired cookie cutter, rerolling the scraps as you go. Place on a cookie sheet lined with a silpat or parchment paper. Bake 7-9 minutes at 375 degrees. Cool on a wire rack.
Serving and decorating suggestions- You can sandwich softened ice-cream or sorbet in between 2 cookies for ice-cream sandwiches. I like to use raspberry sorbet, strawberry or coffee ice-cream.
You can melt white chocolate with a little heavy cream to make a ganache. Pour it into a squeeze bottle and drizzle it over each cookie. Sprinkle red or pink sprinkles over the chocolate drizzle before it sets.
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