Chocolate Snickerdoodle Drops
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 egg
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup all purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer on medium
to high speed 30 seconds. Add the 1 cup sugar, soda, and cream of
tartar. Beat until combined. Beat in egg. Beat in cocoa powder and
as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in any
remaining flour. Drop by slightly rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart
onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Stir together remaining sugar and
cinnamon. Sprinkle dough with sugar cinnamon mixture. Bake in a 375F
oven for 9 to 11 minutes or until edges are firm. Cool on wire
racks. Makes about 30 cookies.
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