Chocolate Cut Out Cookies


I recipe i came up with for my cookie tray this year

Steps


Sift together the flour , cocoa , baking powder and salt until well blended.
Cream butter and sugar until smooth in a eparate bowl , then beat in the egg and yolk.
Mix the sifted ingredients into the creamed butter slowly.
Divide dough and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
Heat the oven to 375 degrees f and on a lightly floured surface roll out the chilled dough to about 1 / 6 inch thickness and cut dough into shapes.
Be careful its sticky !.
Bake cookies 8 to 10 then let cool on sheets for a few minutes before removing them to a rack.

Ingredients


all-purpose flour, unsweetened cocoa powder, baking powder, salt, butter, shortening, white sugar, egg, egg yolk