January 25-Coal

I made some AWESOME cookies today. I've been meaning to make them since before christmas (they're a 'christmas' cookie, because they look like coal). We don't have any chocolate in the house, so I gave in and baked these. Here's a pic:

They're really easy to make (especially if I can make them lol). Here's the recipe:

For cookie dough:
1 cup room temperature butter
1/2 cup suger
1 1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 teaspoon instant espresso powder {I couldn't find any of this, so I just used instant coffee}

To roll cookie in:
1/3 cup confectioner sugar
1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa

Preheat oven to 375. Beat together butter and sugar. Add flour, cocoa, and espresso powder. Roll mixture into 1 1/2" balls and place on cookie sheets. Bake for 20 minutes. Once cool, combine confectioner sugar and unsweetened cocoa. Roll cookies in confectioner sugar mixture.

p.s. I got the recipe from the December 2007 issue of Create & Decorate magazine. The recipe is by Lyn Slade.