Quaresimali Chocolate Alphabet Cookies Recipes

CHOCOLATE-CINNAMON LETTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F (350°F for nonstick cookie sheets). Line cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
• In large bowl, mix cookie mix, butter, egg, cocoa and cinnamon, using electric mixer or your hands, until a dough forms. Dough should be soft but not too sticky. Add 1 tablespoon flour if needed.
• Sprinkle flour on work surface. Roll dough 1/4 inch thick. Cut with large letter-shaped cookie cutters. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.
• Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until set. Cool 2 minutes; remove to cooling rack to cool completely.

GHIRARDELLI® CLASSIC CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Stir flour with baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with both sugars at medium speed until creamy and lightened in color.
• Add eggs and vanilla, one at a time. Mix on low speed until incorporated.
• Gradually blend dry mixture into creamed mixture. Stir in nuts and chocolate chips.
• Drop by tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until chocolate chip cookies are golden brown.

QUARESIMALI (CHOCOLATE ALPHABET COOKIES)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300° F.
• In a medium-sized mixing bowl, beat egg whites and salt until foamy. Add superfine sugar slowly, beating until stiff, but not dry, peaks are formed. Sift powdered sugar and cocoa over beaten eggs and use a spatula to combine ingredients well. Don't worry about deflating the mixture. Sift flour over the mixture, again using a spatula to combine ingredients.
• Transfer mixture to a pastry bag equipped with a number 10 tip. (You may substitute a large plastic sandwich bag and snip a 1/4-inch diameter hole off of its corner.) Pipe 2-inch letters of the alphabet onto parchment paper or, preferably, a nonstick baking mat. You can put them close together, because they won't spread. Bake for 12 minutes. If you use parchment paper, then remove the cookies from the paper the moment they come out of the oven. In any case, remove them with a spatula while still warm.

ALPHABET COOKIES

Steps:

• Into a medium bowl, sift together graham flour, whole-wheat flour, all-purpose flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar on low speed for 1 minute. Add honey and vanilla, and beat to combine. With the mixer on low speed, add the flour mixture in two additions, alternating with the milk and beginning and ending with the flour.
• Divide the dough into thirds, and roll each third to a 1/8-inch thickness between two sheets of parchment paper. Stack the dough on a baking sheet, and freeze for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Line baking sheets with Silpats or parchment paper. Remove 1/3 of the dough from freezer. Gently remove top sheet of parchment paper. Flip package onto a prepared baking sheet. Peel off and discard the remaining piece of parchment paper. Cut out cookies using 3-inch alphabet cutters. Transfer cookies to prepared baking sheets. Re-roll and cut any dough scraps between parchment paper. Bake until lightly browned, 20 to 25 minutes. Repeat with remaining dough. Remove cookies to wire racks to cool completely.