I found these adorable little cookie cutters made for the side of a cup at Sweet! in downtown Lawrence, KS, and knew exactly what I wanted to do with them. I knew that a chocolate cut out cookie would be perfect perched on a mug of hot and rich cocoa. I love when I get an idea and it turns out to be even cuter than I ever imagined it to be. I know that this cookie is not exactly the most difficult cookie that I have ever attempted, but sometimes the simplest of designs prove to be the most difficult. The icing was perfect, the sanding sugar stuck the way that I wanted it to, the colors all worked. I made these one evening after everyone had gone to bed. I sat at my kitchen table with a cup of tea, my iPad tuned to The Fugitive (a movie that I never seem to get tired of), and just piped and flooded for ages. Usually, I get bored in the middle of a cookie project and want to give up. On this evening, there was nothing more relaxing. I stopped to enjoy the process. I took my time, soaked in the quiet, and happily my heart and star cookies.
The best compliment that I can receive is an unsolicited one from my children. Mine are brutally honest, and a compliment is sadly few and far between. But my oldest son woke up, saw these on the counter, and declared them the cutest little cookie he had ever seen. He could not wait for me to make him a hot chocolate so that he could have one. Be still my heart.
And, they taste really good too.
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
2 sticks room temperature butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
pinch salt
sanding sugars
Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
Add the egg and vanilla. Mix until combined.
Whisk together flour, cocoa, and salt. Add the butter mixture slowly. Mix until incorporated.
Wrap dough in plastic wrap. Chill for 30 minutes or until firm.
Roll out and cut using your favorite cookie cutter.
Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes. The cookies will be set, and will hold their shape. Cool completely.
Pipe the edges with royal icing. Let the edges dry completely. Loosen the remaining royal icing with water and flood the cookies to fill in. Cover with sanding sugar. (For a tutorial on icing and flooding cookies) Let the cookies dry completely overnight.
Add to your favorite hot chocolate recipe. Recipe from Our Best Bites.
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 2 sticks room temperature butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- pinch salt
- Royal Icing
- sanding sugars
Instructions
- Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
- Add the egg and vanilla. Mix until combined.
- Whisk together flour, cocoa, and salt. Add the butter mixture slowly. Mix until incorporated.
- Wrap dough in plastic wrap. Chill for 30 minutes or until firm.
- Roll out and cut using your favorite cookie cutter.
- Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes. The cookies will be set, and will hold their shape. Cool completely.
- Pipe the edges with royal icing. Let the edges dry completely. Loosen the remaining royal icing with water and flood the cookies to fill in. Cover with sanding sugar. Let the cookies dry completely overnight.
I am Bree. I love to cook. Even more than I love to take pictures.
those are so darling!
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These cookies are adorable, they would be cute (when I have kids some day) to have the kids decorate them and then stick them on the side of a glass of milk for Santa! These cookies put me in the mood to go home and bake!
Have a wonderful day!
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That is the best idea!
These are so freaking cute!
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar recently posted..Pumpkin Spice Latte
thanks, I think so too.
Wow these are darling……and the icing its really cute. I just recently found your blog, I love it. Will be following and following your recipes to come
I like this 12 weeks of Christmas you got going on right now 
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Welcome! I did it last year too. You can see what else I made in the archives.
These are so cute! Great job! I went to their website that you linked and was unable to find them – maybe they are a store only product?? Thanks!
I am sure that if you call them, they would send it to you.
thanks! I might have to try that!
you are welcome.
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Adorable!
thank you Deena!
These are so cute! You never cease to inspire me
I will have to make a trip to Lawrence and pick up these cutters (and probably a few other things ha).
You have been warned, that store is dangerous!
I love your creativity!
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Absolutely adorable and they look delicious!!
thank you Cindy.
Your hot chocolate looks amazing, especially with the cookie on the side and the little candy pieces sprinkled on top. I understand the part about kids your kids being brutally honest, I find that family is the first to tell me they don’t like something.
-Brandon
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sadly, they are usually right.
Oh wow, these cookies are adorable! I love the cookie cuter!
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Bree, beautiful picture of the most adorable cup of hot chocolate ever! And…it is so funny that you say you cant watch the Fugitive too much, because I also watched it the other day and said them same thing! Miss you and your family!
We miss you too!
Oh I got those cutters too!!! I wanted to make them but my sugar cookies spread too much, I will have to try these!
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Try chilling the dough after it has been cut and before you put it in the oven.
Aww. These really are very cute, especially perched on the edge of a mug full of hot chocolate. The little handle thing looks like it makes the perfect handle to dunk it in some hot cocoa
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I LOVE these! They look so cute and delicious. I saw those same cookie cutters at HomeGoods this past week and picked them up and put them down several times before deciding I probably didn’t need any more cookie cutters and what would I use THESE for anyway? Now I’m so wishing I had gotten them. May have to go back in hopes that there is still a set left.
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Go back and get them, everyone loved these little cup embellishments.
Rats! I went back yesterday and they were gone! I will now be on a quest to find them.
I should know that at stores like that you need to grab ‘em when you see ‘em!
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Bummer! If I see some, I’ll pick them up for you.
Oh my goodness, these are just adorable…I have a four year-old little boy who would go bananas over these! So, so cute!
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Great recipe. I also admire your design of the cookies. Seeing your post is like an inspiration for me to bake more cookies for my children. I’ll be trying this on week ends. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
Ana,
Davids Cookie Dough
thank you Ana.
such a sweet idea!
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I just love the final outcome, thanks so much for posting the recipe and the detailed directions.
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