Chocolate Christmas cookies

These Chocolate Christmas cookies are simple to make and quite tasty! Make the dough with the usual ingredients and season with a pinch of salt and vanilla extract. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin, cut the dough with cookie cutters and bake for about 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool. To give the cookies a special touch, garnish with powdered sugar!

HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE CHRISTMAS COOKIES

Step 1: Mix the sugar and the melted butter until you get a homogeneous mixture. Add the egg and the vanilla extract and mix until a creamy mixture. Add the flour, chocolate powder, a pinch of salt and fold with a spatula until a compact mixture.

Step 2: Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF).

Step 3: Place the dough on a table dusted with flour. Knead with your hands until the dough stop sticking to the table. Place the dough in the center of the table and roll out with a rolling pin. Cut the dough with cookie cutters and place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Bake about 10 to 12 minutes.

Step 4: Remove the cookies from the oven and let cool completely. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve.

TIPS FOR CHOCOLATE CHRISTMAS COOKIES

1. Place the oven rack in the middle. This allows the hot air to circulate evenly around the cookies, resulting in even cooking.

2. When placing the cookies on the parchment paper, leave some distance between them so they don't stick to each other when they start baking.

3. Never open the oven door while cookies are baking. The kitchen temperature is always lower than the oven temperature, what will happen is that the oven temperature will drop and the risk of the cookies sinks increases.

4. Turn off the oven and leave the cookies in the oven for another 5 minutes.

5. Do not open the oven door all the way, leave the door open about 10 to 15 centimeters (4 inches to 6 inches) and wait another 5 or 10 minutes so that the heat enters the kitchen and there is no temperature shock.