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Chocolate Charms
Recipe Summary
Yield: Makes 40
Ingredients
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2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, plus more for dusting
1/4 teaspoon table salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (optional)
Cook's Notes
If giving as a gift, enclose about 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder in a small bag, along with instructions for dusting.
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Chocolate Charms
Recipe Summary
Yield: Makes 40
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Chocolate Charms
Chocolate Charms
Chocolate Charms
Recipe Summary
Yield: Makes 40
Recipe Summary
Yield: Makes 40
Yield: Makes 40
Makes 40
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, plus more for dusting
- 1/4 teaspoon table salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (optional)
Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Sift together flour, cocoa, and salt into a bowl. Set aside.
Place butter in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat on medium speed until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add sugar, and beat about 2 minutes more, until very light in color and fluffy, occasionally scraping down the sides of the bowl with a spatula. Add vanilla, if using. Add flour mixture, and combine on low speed, scraping with spatula if necessary, until flour is just incorporated and dough sticks together when squeezed with fingers.
Form dough into a flattened disk; wrap in plastic. Chill until firm, at least 1 hour.
Using a spoon, form dough into 1-inch balls; place on prepared baking sheet. Bake until firm, 20 to 25 minutes, rotating halfway through. Cool completely on wire rack. Dust with cocoa powder just before serving.
Cook's Notes
If giving as a gift, enclose about 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder in a small bag, along with instructions for dusting.
Cook’s Notes
If giving as a gift, enclose about 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder in a small bag, along with instructions for dusting.
Reviews (18)
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38 Ratings
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7
4 star values:
16
3 star values:
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2 star values:
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Reviews (18)
Add Rating & Review
38 Ratings
5 star values:
7
4 star values:
16
3 star values:
7
2 star values:
7
1 star values:
1
Add Rating & Review
38 Ratings
5 star values:
7
4 star values:
16
3 star values:
7
2 star values:
7
1 star values:
1
38 Ratings
5 star values:
7
4 star values:
16
3 star values:
7
2 star values:
7
1 star values:
1
38 Ratings
5 star values:
7
4 star values:
16
3 star values:
7
2 star values:
7
1 star values:
1
- 5 star values:
- 7
- 4 star values:
- 16
- 3 star values:
- 7
- 2 star values:
- 7
- 1 star values:
- 1
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
11/22/2015
These are nice little cookies, and they're so easy to make. In the future I will add a teaspoon or so of espresso powder to the dough to lend some depth to the chocolate flavor, which is a bit one-note as written. At 1" in diameter per cookie, my yield was 70 cookies rather than 40. I agreed with some reviewers' comments that the unsweetened cocoa powder sounded unappealing as a coating, so I used a mixture of 1T cocoa and 1tsp powdered sugar instead. Still looked chocolatey but tasted great.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
01/02/2015
Ghiradelli has a Sweet Ground Cocoa that is nice for dusting truffles and cookies.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
11/21/2012
WOW! I don't really like shortbread, but I love Chocolate. This recipe is AWESOME! I chilled my dough overnight. It was a little too stiff the next morning so I left it out for about an hour and then used an ice cream scoop to form the cookies! Try it. I also just used the regular attachment with my stand mixer. I had to stop an use the spatula to scrape off the beater a little more, but it still worked.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
04/18/2012
Sometimes I use a sweetened cocoa powder like Nesquick or Starbucks ( like the type you mix with milk for chocolate milk or hot chocolate) instead of the unsweetened or dutch chocolate.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
01/26/2011
where is the recipe???
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
12/05/2010
Anyone know of a cocoa powder to use when making these cookies? For the dusting part. Don't love the unsweetened cocoa for the top. Any suggestions?
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
07/28/2010
Also, be sure you're using UNsalted butter. The amount of water in salted butter is less predictable. That doesn't matter much for some recipes, but in cookies or pastry, it can really change the results.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
07/28/2010
in response to two comments down from here, if your cookies are spreading i have 2 suggestions:
1. make sure your oven is at the right temperature before putting the cookies in.
2. try putting the dough in the fridge for 10 minutes before scooping out the cookies. sometimes if the dough is too warm the butter melts before it has the chance to create the steam necessary for cookies to rise.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
07/28/2010
@ laur_n: Paddle attachment is used basically for creaming the butter and sugar in all recipes w/c makes use of the creaming method, it is also use to blend ingredients together in some recipes. If your blender is the old fashion one, you can use the whip attachment that comes w/ it, but only use it on a lower speed. A wooden spoon is also a nice tool to blend ingredients together.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
07/19/2010
I've tried twice to make these cookies, but although they taste delicious, I have not been able to get a batch to look like the photo. Instead of retaining the round shape, they flatten out like snickerdoodles. Any suggestions.....?
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
05/01/2010
Wow! These are up there with one of my favorite cookies! I love shortbread, and these didn't disappoint. Chocolate and shortbread...can't go wrong!! Love this recipe. Very easy to make with delicious reults!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
09/16/2009
Does anyone know of an alternative to using a "paddle attachment" for the mixer? What does the paddle do? My mixer was my grandmother's from the 70s and doesn't have the fancy attachments. Thanks!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
09/08/2009
these are one of the best chocolate cookies I have made, so rich and not too sweet, my husband says they are now his favorite
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
09/06/2009
What's the problem with printing out this recipe? Someone is sleeping on the job!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
09/05/2009
For now, until they fix it, just highlight the recipe and copy and paste into a word document and then you will be able to print it. Hope this helps
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
09/04/2009
Printed out just fine.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
09/04/2009
BLANK PAGE! CAN NOT PRINT. THANK YOU
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
09/04/2009
Clicking on the PRINT link only brings up a BLANK page!! Please fix this problem, so I can print out a copy of the recipe and photo. Thank you.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
11/22/2015
These are nice little cookies, and they're so easy to make. In the future I will add a teaspoon or so of espresso powder to the dough to lend some depth to the chocolate flavor, which is a bit one-note as written. At 1" in diameter per cookie, my yield was 70 cookies rather than 40. I agreed with some reviewers' comments that the unsweetened cocoa powder sounded unappealing as a coating, so I used a mixture of 1T cocoa and 1tsp powdered sugar instead. Still looked chocolatey but tasted great.
Rating: Unrated
Rating: Unrated
01/02/2015
Ghiradelli has a Sweet Ground Cocoa that is nice for dusting truffles and cookies.
Rating: Unrated
11/21/2012
WOW! I don't really like shortbread, but I love Chocolate. This recipe is AWESOME! I chilled my dough overnight. It was a little too stiff the next morning so I left it out for about an hour and then used an ice cream scoop to form the cookies! Try it. I also just used the regular attachment with my stand mixer. I had to stop an use the spatula to scrape off the beater a little more, but it still worked.
Rating: Unrated
04/18/2012
Sometimes I use a sweetened cocoa powder like Nesquick or Starbucks ( like the type you mix with milk for chocolate milk or hot chocolate) instead of the unsweetened or dutch chocolate.
Rating: Unrated
01/26/2011
where is the recipe???
Rating: Unrated
12/05/2010
Anyone know of a cocoa powder to use when making these cookies? For the dusting part. Don't love the unsweetened cocoa for the top. Any suggestions?
Rating: Unrated
07/28/2010
Also, be sure you're using UNsalted butter. The amount of water in salted butter is less predictable. That doesn't matter much for some recipes, but in cookies or pastry, it can really change the results.
in response to two comments down from here, if your cookies are spreading i have 2 suggestions:
1. make sure your oven is at the right temperature before putting the cookies in.
2. try putting the dough in the fridge for 10 minutes before scooping out the cookies. sometimes if the dough is too warm the butter melts before it has the chance to create the steam necessary for cookies to rise.
@ laur_n: Paddle attachment is used basically for creaming the butter and sugar in all recipes w/c makes use of the creaming method, it is also use to blend ingredients together in some recipes. If your blender is the old fashion one, you can use the whip attachment that comes w/ it, but only use it on a lower speed. A wooden spoon is also a nice tool to blend ingredients together.
Rating: Unrated
07/19/2010
I've tried twice to make these cookies, but although they taste delicious, I have not been able to get a batch to look like the photo. Instead of retaining the round shape, they flatten out like snickerdoodles. Any suggestions.....?
Rating: Unrated
05/01/2010
Wow! These are up there with one of my favorite cookies! I love shortbread, and these didn't disappoint. Chocolate and shortbread...can't go wrong!! Love this recipe. Very easy to make with delicious reults!
Rating: Unrated
09/16/2009
Does anyone know of an alternative to using a "paddle attachment" for the mixer? What does the paddle do? My mixer was my grandmother's from the 70s and doesn't have the fancy attachments. Thanks!
Rating: Unrated
09/08/2009
these are one of the best chocolate cookies I have made, so rich and not too sweet, my husband says they are now his favorite
Rating: Unrated
09/06/2009
What's the problem with printing out this recipe? Someone is sleeping on the job!
Rating: Unrated
09/05/2009
For now, until they fix it, just highlight the recipe and copy and paste into a word document and then you will be able to print it. Hope this helps
Rating: Unrated
09/04/2009
Printed out just fine.
BLANK PAGE! CAN NOT PRINT. THANK YOU
Clicking on the PRINT link only brings up a BLANK page!! Please fix this problem, so I can print out a copy of the recipe and photo. Thank you.
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