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    Chocolate Cut-Out Cookies For Christmas

    Written by Kathrin (Leave a Comment)

    Great recipe for easy Christmas chocolate cut-out cookies with cocoa, which can be decorated with colorful sprinkles and Co.

    Chocolate Cut-Out Cookies

    Great recipe for chocolate cut-out cookies with cocoa. The cookies become an eye-catcher by the colorful sugar decoration. Especially great for baking with kids!

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    • Taste and Occasion
    • Ingredients
    • How to make the Chocolate Cut-Out Cookies
    • Top Tip
    • Recipe Card
    • Variations
    • Nutrition

    Taste and Occasion

    Unusual Christmas creations are lovely, yes. But especially at this traditional time of the year, simple chocolate cut-out cookies are obligatory, right? My easy recipe for chocolate cookies with cocoa is also perfect for baking with the whole family.

    Kids especially love decorating chocolate cookies with colorful sprinkles, nonpareils, icing, and more. By the way, I have just as much fun doing it 😉 .

    Christmas Baking with Kids

    Ingredients

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    The recipe I present to you in this post is really uncomplicated. You can call it a dark alternative to the classic, light cut-out cookies. The dough - kneaded dough or shortbread - is prepared in a flash. After a cooling period, it can be rolled out and cut out directly. Bake. And that's it. By the way, Grandma's chocolate cookies should actually be called chocolate cookies with cocoa. Because couverture comes at most on top. The only step where a good tip can be helpful is "fixing" the sugar decoration. I'll tell you in the following what options you have for this.

    Maybe some of you know this phenomenon when baking cookies with children: First, they are with tremendous enthusiasm, then the adults have to roll out and cut out everything alone 😉 . When decorating, the little helpers are back again. The easiest (and most boring) is to dust the quickly made chocolate chip cookies with powdered sugar for cutting. Or brush them with chocolate glaze or icing.

    Christmas Recipe for Chocolate Cookies for Cutting Out

    How to make the Chocolate Cut-Out Cookies

    Let's start: First of all, put the flour, cocoa, sugar, salt, and vanilla in a bowl. Now, add the cold butter in flakes and the egg and knead everything into a smooth dough. Form the dough into two large balls and refrigerate in plastic wrap for at least an hour.

    Then, heat the oven to 350°F/175°C. Remove the first ball of dough from the refrigerator, let it come to room temperature briefly, and roll it out between sheets of plastic wrap or on a floured baking mat. Cut out about 25 cookies and place them on a baking sheet lined with baking paper. Bake for 8-10 minutes, depending on size and thickness. Do the same with the second portion of dough. Knead dough scraps together, chill again briefly and then roll out.

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    In the end, allow cookies to cool completely, remove them from the baking sheet, and decorate as desired.

    Cookies with Cocoa

    Top Tip

    It's best to decorate the chocolate cut-out cookies with sprinkles as invisibly as possible. I mean that you do not immediately see how they are attached. For this purpose, you can use colorless food glue, preferably from a tube. With these, you make dots on the chocolate cookies. After that, our little helpers always overload grandma's chocolate cut-out cookies with masses of colorful decorations 😉 …

    Cut-Out Cookies with Cocoa for Decorating

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    Chocolate Cut-Out Cookies

    Delicious chocolate chip cookies to cut out: Chocolate cookies with cocoa become a real eye-catcher with colorful sugar decorations
    Prep Time25 mins
    Baking Time8 mins
    Cooling Time1 hr
    Servings: 50 cookies
    Calories: 50kcal

    Ingredients

    For the dough

    • 220 grams (1 ⅘ cups) all-purpose flour
    • 40 grams (½ cup) baking cocoa
    • 100 grams (½ cup) sugar
    • 1 pinch salt
    • 160 grams (⅗ cup) butter, cold
    • 1 egg, medium
    • ½ teaspoon vanilla paste, optional

    Decoration options

    • icing
    • chocolate coating
    • food glue
    • sugar decoration

    Instructions

    • Put the flour, cocoa, sugar, salt, and vanilla in a bowl. Add the cold butter in flakes and the egg and knead everything into a smooth dough. Form the dough into two large balls and refrigerate in plastic wrap for at least an hour.
    • Heat the oven to 350°F/175°C. Remove the first ball of dough from the refrigerator, let it come to room temperature briefly, and roll it out between sheets of plastic wrap or on a floured baking mat.
    • Cut out about 25 cookies and place them on a baking sheet lined with baking paper. Bake for 8-10 minutes, depending on size and thickness. Do the same with the second portion of dough. Knead dough scraps together, chill again briefly and then roll out.
    • Allow cookies to cool completely. Remove from baking sheet and decorate as desired.

    Notes

    • For the decoration, you can use, for example: sifted powdered sugar, melted chocolate glaze for brushing, powdered sugar glaze made of sifted powdered sugar, and a minimum amount of milk.
    • Then sprinkle the cookies with colored sugar balls.
    • Alternatively, for an "invisible" decorating base, dab the cookies in a few places with food glue from a tube and then sprinkle them with sugar decorations.

    Ingredient substitutions

    Do you want to replace some ingredients? Here you find tips for baking ingredient substitutions!

    Variations

    Check out my other cookie recipes if you're in a Christmas baking mood right now. How about my vanilla crescents, the original cinnamon stars, or the German Christmas stollen?

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Chocolate Cut-Out Cookies
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 50 Calories from Fat 27
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 3g5%
    Saturated Fat 2g13%
    Trans Fat 0.1g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1g
    Monounsaturated Fat 1g
    Cholesterol 10mg3%
    Sodium 23mg1%
    Potassium 19mg1%
    Carbohydrates 6g2%
    Fiber 0.4g2%
    Sugar 2g2%
    Protein 1g2%
    Vitamin A 85IU2%
    Calcium 3mg0%
    Iron 0.3mg2%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
    Great recipe for easy Christmas chocolate cut-out cookies with cocoa, which can be decorated with colorful sprinkles and Co.Great recipe for easy Christmas chocolate cut-out cookies with cocoa, which can be decorated with colorful sprinkles and Co.Great recipe for easy Christmas chocolate cut-out cookies with cocoa, which can be decorated with colorful sprinkles and Co.

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