Football Cocoa Cookies

    How about those Patriots!?! This year's Super Bowl didn't disappoint! My family is from Massachusetts, enough said. I took the day off and spent the afternoon day drinking and cooking. Is there a better way to spend Super Bowl Sunday? Doubt it. I love these little football cookies. They're wicked chocolaty and pretty cute to look at too.

Football Cocoa Cookies

Ingredients:

- 1 cup of butter, softened

- 1 and 1/2 cups of sugar

- 2 eggs

- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

- 2/3 cups of cocoa powder

- 3 cups of all purpose flour 

- 1 teaspoon of baking powder

- 1 teaspoon of salt

     Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together the butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, and cocoa powder. In a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients. Gradually mix the dry ingredients into the chocolate mixture. Knead the dough into a soft ball. Dust your work surface and dough with flour. Roll out dough to desired thickness, I like to keep them kind of think so they stay chewy. Use a cookie cutter to cut cookie shapes and place them on a greased baking sheet. They will not spread very much. Bake for about 10 minutes. Let them cool for a few minutes before removing them from the baking sheet.

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