Chocolate and Vanilla Sugar Cookies

Updated at: Sat, 17 Feb 2024 13:32:38 GMT

Step 1

FOR CHOCOLATE SUGAR COOKIES:

Step 2

Beat sugar and butter together until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and beat to combine.

Step 3

In a large bowl, sift together the cocoa powder, flour, baking powder, and salt. Whisk further to combine.

Step 4

Add the dry ingredients a little at a time, to the butter mixture, scraping down the bowl as needed.

Step 5

Divide the dough into 2 balls, flatten it into disks and wrap it up in the parchment paper. Refrigerate a minimum of 2 hours.

Step 6

Roll cookies out to 1/8" thick (3 mm) leaving the dough on the parchment paper. Cut out the Christmas Tree cookies, transfer them to a parchment-lined cookie sheet.

Step 7

Cut out the heart inserts in the center of all the trees. Place the tray in the freezer or refrigerator while rolling out the vanilla sugar cookie dough. It's important the trees stay chilled in order to retain their shape.

Step 8

Roll out the vanilla dough to 1/8-inch thick (3 mm). Then using the same mini heart cutter cut out half the amount of hearts for filling. I like to keep half the trees as silhouettes, and half filled with vanilla hearts. Place the vanilla dough hearts inside the trees.

Step 9

Bake at 350F (175C) for 12 minutes for a 3-inch (7.6cm) Christmas tree. Then roll out the vanilla dough and cut out 6-8 2-inch hearts (5cm) and bake those on a separate tray at 350F (175C) 8-9 minutes. Keep these hearts refrigerated until ready to bake. Allow to cool completely and then package them up for gifting!

Step 10

FOR VANILLA SUGAR COOKIES:

Step 11

Beat sugar and butter together until light and fluffy.

Step 12

Add the egg and vanilla and beat to combine. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.

Step 13

Add the dry ingredients a little at a time, to the butter mixture, scraping down the bowl as needed.

Step 14

Divide the dough into 2 balls, flatten it into disks and wrap it up in the parchment paper. Refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours.

Step 15

Roll cookies out to 1/8" thick (3 mm) leaving the dough on the parchment paper. Cut out the cookies, transfer them to a parchment-lined cookie sheet.

Step 16

Bake at 350F (175C) for 12-14 minutes for the House. Bake 8-9 minutes for the 2-inch (5 cm) hearts.

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