Chocolate Butter Cookies


Ingredients
1 cup (250g) butter
1 1/3 cup sugar
2 cups flour
1/4 cup cocoa
1tsp baking powder

Method
Cream sugar and butter.
Sift in flour, cocoa and baking powder.
Work together, to an even dough.

Variation A
Roll into a ball and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
Cut dough into 30 evenly sized pieces.
Work each piece into a ball and place on a baking tray, about 10 centimetres apart - you should get 12-16 on an average size baking tray.
Flatten each ball with your thumb or the back of a spoon, then use a fork to add texture.

Variation B
Roll the dough into a 'sausage', about 10cm in diameter and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
Cut rounds off the sausage, just less than 1cm thick.
Place on a baking tray, about 2-3cm apart.


Bake at 150oC for15-20 minutes.
Carefully transfer from the baking tray to a cooling tray - they are very fragile when they first come out of the oven. Or, you can leave them on the baking tray for a while, but this will yield crunchier biscuits.

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