Chocolate Star Cookies Recipes

CHOCOLATE STAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F and line two baking sheets with parchment or silicone baking mats.
• Whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.
• Beat together butter, peanut butter and both sugars until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs and vanilla until well blended. Scrape bowl.
• Slowly add dry ingredients, mixing until just combined.
• Form dough into 1" balls, and roll in ¾ cup sugar to coat.
• Place on prepared baking sheets, 1" apart; bake for 8 minutes.
• Remove from oven and quickly press 1 Milk Chocolate Star into center of each cookie.
• Return to oven; bake for 3-4 minutes (or longer if you prefer crispier cookies).
• Let cool completely on wire racks. Store, tightly covered, up to four days.

CHOCOLATE STAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°
• In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment or white a hand mixer, cream the butter, peanut butter, white sugar, and brown sugar, until they are fluffy and completely combined.
• Mix in the egg and vanilla extract.
• In a separate bowl sift together the flour, salt, and baking soda.
• Add the flour mixture the the butter mixture a little at a time until it is fully combined. NOTE: do not over mix at this point, or you will have tough cookies!
• Roll the dough into balls a little smaller than the size of a golf ball, it will be 1 heaping tablespoon of dough per cookie. Roll the dough balls in the sugar.Place on a parchment or silpat lined baking sheet.
• Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and lightly press 1 star in the middle of each cookie. Place back in the oven for an additional 2 1/2 minutes. (NOTE: You may have to bake the cookies in 2 or 3 batches.)
• Cool the cookies on a cooling rack and then serve!

CHOCOLATE STAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat overn to 375°.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat together Crisco, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, water and vanilla until well mixed.
• Add the flour, baking soda & salt to the mixing bowl and mix well.
• Cover and refrigerate dough for 30 minutes.
• Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Place in preheated oven and bake for 9-11 minutes or until light brown.
• As soon as you remove the cookies from the oven, place a chocolate star on the top of each cookie.

CHOCOLATE STAR COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. See my blog for step by step photo directions! http://www.inthekitchenwithjenny.com/2013/12/chocolate-star-cookies.html

CHOCOLATE STAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine flour, sugar and baking powder. Microwave butter and chocolate in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 min. or until butter is melted; stir until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended. Add cream cheese; mix well. Gradually add flour mixture, mixing well after each addition. Refrigerate 30 min.
• Heat oven to 375ºF. Roll dough to 1/8-inch thickness on lightly floured surface. Use 3-inch cookie cutter to cut dough into star shapes, rerolling scraps as necessary.
• Place, 2 inches apart, on parchment-covered baking sheets.
• Bake 12 min. or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on baking sheets 3 min. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.