You need –
- All purpose flour – 3 cups
- Cocoa powder – 2/3 cup
- Salt – 3/4 teaspoon
- Baking powder – 1/2 tsp
- unsalted butter – 1 cup, softened
- Caster sugar – 1 ½ cups
- Eggs – 2, room temperature
- Vanilla essence – 1 teaspoon
- A pinch of cinnamon
How to –
Pre-heat the oven to 180 c.
In a bowl swift the flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder and cinnamon. In another cream the sugar and butter till pale and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time and then vanilla essence. Gradually add in the dry ingredients and mix to form a dough.
Wrap the dough in cling wrap and chill for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Unwrap and roll the dough to 3.5 mm. Using a cook cutter, cut and place on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
Bake the cookie for 8 minutes. Transfer to wire rack to cool.