Ingredients
- Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled, plus more for the work surface
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- coarse decorating or turbinado sugar, for sprinkling
Preparation
Step 1
Directions
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, and salt.
Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and confectioners’ sugar on
medium-high until fluffy; beat in the vanilla. Reduce speed to low and
gradually mix in the flour mixture until just combined (do not overmix).
On a lightly floured surface or piece of parchment paper, roll the dough out ¼
inch thick. With a 2-inch cookie cutter (preferably fluted), cut the dough
into rounds, flouring the cutter and rerolling the scraps as necessary.
Arrange 1 inch apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Refrigerate on the
baking sheets for at least 2 hours and up to 1 day.
Heat oven to 350° F. Sprinkle the rounds generously with the coarse sugar and
bake, rotating the sheets halfway through, until set, 20 to 22 minutes. Cool
slightly on baking sheets, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.