60 in 60: Day 34-Checkerboard Cookies

Continuing the blog posts that should have been posted a week ago, are delicious cookies that I originally made on September 25th.

Checkerboard Cookies

Ingredients:

1 1/3 Cups AP Flour

1/2 Tsp Baking Powder

1/8 Tsp Salt

2/3 Cup Butter, Softened

1/2 Cup Granulated Sugar

2 Tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder

Beat the butter, sugar, and vanilla together.

Add flour, baking powder, and salt.

Divide the dough in half.

Knead the cocoa powder into one half.

Wrap both halves in parchment paper (Read: plastic wrap) and stick in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

Cut each half into thirds and form them into logs.

Pick the easiest way you can think of and make a checkerboard out of the logs.

The book says to form some sort of a lattice pattern by placing the logs on top of each other. I cut the logs and placed the pieces next to each other. The book also said to stick the pieces together with egg whites, but my dough was sticky enough to not need the egg whites.

Cook on greased cookie sheets for 10-15 minutes at 375.

Over cook because you were on the NaNoWriMo forums.

These were delicious and A LOT easier then they looked at first.

Book Yield: 20

My Yield: 21