1 Dough Cookies

Directions

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   DOUBLE CHOC COOKIES: Ingredients added -- reduce flour to 2 1/4 cup add 1/4 cup cocoa powder, 12 oz of bittersweet chocolate chopped, 1/4 cup dried sour cherries.
2. 2
   Preheat oven to 375 *.
3. 3
   Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
4. 4
   In a bowl mix sugar and butter with a wooden spoon, then beat in the egg and vanilla.
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   Sift together the flour cocoa, and pinch of salt into the mixture, add the chopped chocolate and cherries and stir until combined.
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   Scoop up tbsps of the mixture and shape into balls.
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   Put them on the pans spaced well apart and flatten slighty.
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   Bake 12-15 mins.
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   MEGA CHIP COOKIES: Reduce flour to 2 cups, add 1/2 cup each cocoa powder, milk chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, and 4oz of bitter sweet chocolate chopped.
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    Prepare as previous recipe line 2-3 cookies sheets as this will make 12 LARGE cookies and bake 12-15 mins.
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    SPICY CINNAMON COOKIES: add; 2 tbsp molasses, 1 tsp ground cinnamon, 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg and ground cloves each, 2 tbsp chopped walnuts.
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    TO DECORATE: 1 cup icing sugar, 1 tbsp hot water, a few drops of yellow food colouring and a few drops of pink food colouring.
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    Mix all ingredients as mentioned before, halve the dough and shape into balls, wrap in plastic and chill in fridge for 30-60 minutes Roll dough out to 1/4' thickness and stamp out cookies with a 2 1/2' cookie cutter.
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    Bake 10-15 minutes TO DECORATE prepare the icing to the consistency of cream spoon 1/2 the frosting into another bowl and add a few drops of yellow food colouring and a few drops of pink to the rest left.
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    using a tsp -- drizzle yellow icing in one direction and pink in the opposite.
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    let set.