Chocolate Candy Corn Sugar Cookies Plus A Vanilla Variation Recipes

CANDY-CORN SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place butter and sugar in a medium bowl; beat with a wooden spoon until combined. Beat in egg yolk, vanilla, baking powder, and salt. Add flour, and mix until a dough forms.
• Scoop out level teaspoons of dough, and roll into balls (chill dough briefly if it becomes too soft to handle). Place balls on baking sheets, 2 inches apart.
• Bake, rotating sheets halfway through, until edges are firm and cookies are dry to the touch (do not let cookies color), 10 to 12 minutes.
• Remove from oven; gently press a candy corn into center of each cookie (surface of cookies may crack slightly). Cool on sheets 1 minute; transfer to a rack to cool completely.

CHOCOLATE CANDY CORN SUGAR COOKIES (PLUS A VANILLA VARIATION)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Place butter and sugar in a medium bowl and beat well using a wooden spoon.
• Add in egg yolk, vanilla, baking powder and salt, and continue to mix until combined.
• Add flour and cocoa and mix until a dough forms.
• Scoop out level teaspoons of dough and form into balls.
• Place dough on cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges are firm and the cookies feel dry to the touch.
• Remove pan from the oven and immediately press a candy corn in the center of each cookie.
• Allow cookies to cool on the pan for one minute before placing them on a wire rack to cool completely.
• VANILLA VARIATION: Simply omit the cocoa and increase the flour to 3/4 cup; otherwise proceed the same as above.