Butter Cookie Recipes - Brown Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups/330 g all-purpose/plain flour

• 1/2 cup/75 g unsweetened cocoa powder

• 1/4 tsp salt

• 1 cup/250 g butter, softened

• 3/4 cup/125 g confectioners'/icing sugar

• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract/essence

• 2 tbsp 24-carat gold dust or metallic luster dust (optional)

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Method:

1. Sift the flour, cocoa, and salt into a medium bowl. Beat the butter, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until creamy.

2. Mix in the dry ingredients to form a smooth dough. Press the dough into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

3. Preheat the oven to 300°F/150°C/gas 2. Set out a cookie sheet. Lightly dust a work surface with confectioners' sugar and roll out the dough to a thickness of 1/4 inch (5 mm).

4.  Use a 3-inch (8-cm) cookie cutter to cut out the cookies. Gather the dough scraps, re-roll, and continue cutting out cookies until all the dough is used.

5. Use a spatula to transfer the cookies to the cookie sheet. Lightly brush the tops with the gold dust.

6. Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until firm to the touch. Transfer to racks to cool.