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Chocolate Holly Berry Cookies

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Christmas, North American
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Chill Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 27 minutes
Servings: 32 cookies
Calories: 93kcal
Author: Lord Byron's Kitchen
Christmas baking is never complete without a cookie recipe or two that requires one to break out their stash of cookie cutters. In the case of these Chocolate Holly Berry Cookies, it's just a round cookie cutter, but it still feels Christmassy to use any shape! These cookies have a crispy, chocolaty cookie base with a bright red holly berry center - aren't they festive?
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Ingredients

For the Cookies:

  • 3/4 cup salted butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup dark cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 32 red candy melts

Instructions

  • In a mixing bowl, use a hand-held mixer to beat the butter until light and fluffy.  Add the sugar and beat into the butter until well combined. 
  • Add the egg and the vanilla and beat into the butter mixture.
  • Next, add the flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder, and with the mixer on low speed, blend into the butter mixture just until the flour is incorporated.
  • Divide the cookie dough in half and press it into a flat circle shape about 3/4 inch thick. Wrap each half in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper.  Set aside.
  • Remove the cookie dough from fridge and roll dough a 1/4 inch thick between two sheets of parchment paper.  Use a cookie cutter to cut out circles. My round cookie cutter was just over an inch in diameter.
  • Transfer cookies to prepared baking sheet.  Press one candy melt firmly into the middle of each cookie. Bake for 12 minutes. 
  • Remove from oven and allow to cool for a full 10 minutes of the baking sheet before transferring to wire cooling rack.  DO NOT REMOVE THE COOKIES FROM THE BAKING SHEET UNTIL A FULL 10 MINUTES HAS PASSED.
  • Roll out the rest of the dough and start again.  Repeat until all dough has been used.

Nutrition

Calories: 93kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 41mg | Potassium: 53mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 141IU | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 1mg