====== Chocolate Cookies ======

Copyright © 2005 Geoffrey Alan Washburn

Using the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 License

=== Ingredients ===

  * 1/2 cup butter or margarine
  * 1 1/2 cups flour
  * 3/4 cup sugar
  * 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  * 1 egg
  * 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  * 1 teaspoon vanilla
  * 1/4 teaspoon salt
  * 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
  * plastic wrap

=== Directions ===

  - Mix together in a bowl the butter and sugar until creamy.
  - Add egg, vanilla, and cocoa and mix well.
  - Mix together in a separate bowl the flour, soda, baking powder, and salt.
  - Add the contents of the second bowl to the creamed mixture and beat just until well mixed.
  - Tear off long sheet of plastic wrap. Spoon dough on wrap to form a log. Pat dough into a log shape with hands, bring ends of wrap over dough, and shape inside the wrap into long log. Wrap again over original wrap.
  - Place in freezer until very firm.
  - When ready to bake the cookies, pre-heat over to 320 degrees Fahrenheit.
  - Take log out and into cut slices. Use thicker slices for moister cookies.
  - Bake at until just set (lightly touching with finger doesn't leave indentation that collapses).
  - Cool slightly (to firm up) then remove to cool on paper towel or cookie rack.