Chocolate Snickerdoodles
Chocolate Snickerdoodles are a delicious spin on an old favorite. The sugar coating makes these cinnamon chocolate cookies look like they've been touched by a winter frost, but they are nice and warm inside!
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 cup butter or margarine , softened
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cup flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In large mixing bowl, stir together sugar and spice; set 1/2 cup of the mixture aside in shallow bowl.
- Add cocoa powder to mixer bowl; stir to blend.
- Add butter; beat at medium speed until fluffy. Mix in eggs and vanilla. Stir in flour and baking powder.
- Form 1 tablespoon of dough into ball and roll in reserved sugar mixture.
- Repeat procedure with remaining dough and place 2 inches apart on parchment-lined cookie sheets.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or until edges are firm.
- Allow cookies to cool on cookie sheets for five minues, then transfer to wire racks.