Chocolate cookies

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.
 
 
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