Brownie Roll Out Cookies Recipes

BROWNIE ROLL-OUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven at 350 degrees. Whisk dry flour, salt and baking powder in bowl and set aside. Mix butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla and cocoa in mixer. Gradually add flour mixture, and mix until smooth. Wrap in plastic and chill for at least one hour.
• Roll out cookie dough on floured counter. Cut into desired shapes, brushing extra deposits of flour off the top. (It does disappear once baked, though, so don't overly fret if they go into the oven looking white.) Bake on a parchment-lined baking sheet for 8 to 11 minutes (the former for 1/8-inch thick cookies, the latter for 1/4-inch cookies) until the edges are firm and the centers are slightly soft and puffed.
• Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

BROWNIE CUTOUT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the flour, salt and baking powder, mix well and set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar well. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix well.
• Stir in the cocoa powder until well blended. Be careful because the cocoa powder has a tendency to puff all over until it's incorpoated.
• Add in the flour mixture until well-blended.n Stir in nuts, if using.
• Wrap the dough in plastic and refrigerate at last one hour, or until firm. You may want to separate it into two sections and wrap separately to keep one refrigerated while you work on the other.
• Preheat oven to 350. Cover cookie sheets with parchment paper or spray with non-stick spray.
• Roll out the cookies and cut into your desired shapes and thickness, using cocoa powder or flour to dust the work surface (and rollling pin if needed) to keep the dough from sticking.
• Place the cookies onto the prepared cookie sheets and bake for about 8-10 minutes depending on the size and thickness of the cookies. They should feel slightly firm to the touch.
• Let the cookies sit a minute on the sheet to firm up, then place on a rack to cool.
• NOTE: I like to roll out the cookies on a piece of waxed paper. Before removing the cookies from the work surface to the cookie sheets, I will put the whole sheet of waxed paper on a cookie sheet and put it in the freezer for 5 minutes. I can then remove the cookies without them breaking or stretching.