Pilgrim Hat Cookies
"Get a head start on holiday cooking by baking up these adorable chocolate cookies. Stored between pieces of waxed paper in an airtight container, they'll keep for up to a week."
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
2 1/2 Dozen Cookies
ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1⁄2 cup confectioners' sugar
- 4 ounces white chocolate
- yellow sugar
directions
- Preheat oven to 325F degrees.
- In a large bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder and salt.
- In a separate bowl, using a mixer set on high, beat butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy.
- Stir in flour mixture; beat on medium until dough forms, about 2 minutes.
- On a lightly floured surface, using a floured rolling pin, roll dough to a 1/4-inch thickness.
- Cut out shapes with a hat-shaped cookie cutter, approximately 2 3/4 x 2 inches.
- (Or print out our hat template and use to cut out shapes.) Place shapes on ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake cookies until firm, about 15 minutes.
- Transfer cookies to a wire rack; cool completely.
- Place white chocolate in a small resealable plastic bag.
- Microwave on MEDIUM at 30-second intervals until softened.
- Knead bag with hands to smooth chocolate; snip off 1 corner.
- Pipe chocolate onto each cookie for the hat buckles.
- Before chocolate sets, sprinkle buckles with yellow sugar.
- Continue piping white chocolate around the cookies to form hatbands.
- Set cookies aside to dry, about 30 minutes.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
JustaQT
Camdenton, MO
In Memory of Maxie, a beloved pet who we love and miss so very much. Our sweet Maxie was a black lab who wss put to sleep because of stomache cancer. 1997 - October 31, 2007
In Memory of Cheech, a beloved pet who we love and miss so much. March 1996 - July 9, 2005
In memory of Tanner, a beloved pet I love and miss you. July 15, 1999 - February 14, 2004
I live in Missouri, USA.
I am a stay at home mom to 2 boys. Chance - January 1999 and Blake April 2005.
My favorite cookbooks are:
Kitchen Secrets by Reader's Digest, The Phillsbury Cookbook, Cambell's Favorite Recipes, Dinner On Hand by Kraft, The Complete Holiday Cookbook, Taste of Home Cookbooks, and a few family cookbooks.
My favorite recipe sites are: Recipe_Center (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Recipe_Center/), Classy Clones (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Classy_Clones/), www.Recipezaar.com, www.Cooking.com, www.MyMeals.com, www.Cambellkitchen.com, www.copykat.com, www.verybestbaking.com, www.allrecipe.com, www.recipesource.com and www.topsecretrecipes.com
I have 3 pets.
Oreo, male cat
Drake, Yellow Koi (fish)
Rocky, Turtle
