Christmas Yums!

Yesterday, I conquered the Lowe family favorite cookie: the Chocolate Sugar Puff. As a kid, our house was always full of baking around Christmas time: chocolate chip, pecan-less tarts (dad is deathly allergic to nuts), a tea-ring (basically a cinnamon roll ring that was always my teacher present and is Christmas morning breakfast),

 and the chocolate sugar puff cookie. 

This past week, I decided to conquer the Boso family favorite cookie, the peanut butter no-bake (thanks for the tutorial, Karen!)

And the Lowe family fav: CSP. I posted this on Facebook and had a few requests for this favorite cookie recipe. So, here it is:

Dough ingredients:

1/2 c oil

4-1 oz unsweetened chocolate baking squares, melted

2 c sugar

4 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

2 1/2 c flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 c confectioner's sugar

- Combine oil, melted chocolate, and sugar with a mixer

- Mix in eggs and vanilla

- Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt and add to sugar mixture

- Chill in refrigerator 2-4 hours or overnight

- shape balls around 3/4" diameter (my cookie scooper was perfect)

- Roll dough balls in confectioners sugar

- Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes (on baking times, less is always best)

- As soon as you can (without burning yourself), push your thumb in the middle. 

Icing ingredients:

1 c sugar

1/4 c cocoa

1/4 c milk

4 Tbsp butter

1/2 tsp vanilla

-In a saucepan, bring the first three ingredients to a boil. 

-Boil for 1 1/2-2 minutes, stirring constantly. 

- remove from heat

- Stir in butter and vanilla until smooth

- using a spoon, put icing in thumb holes in cookies

Recipe makes 4 dozen

(Rolling in the sugar is the perfect job for your soux chef)

Buen provecho!