Cocoa Cookies With Cocoa Glaze - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 3/4 cups light brown sugar, packed
3 eggs, beaten
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/3 cup boiling water, approximately
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
Cocoa Glaze
5 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup milk, approximately
1 tablespoon boiling water, approximately
6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup powdered sugar

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375\u00b0F.
Sift dry ingredients together and set aside.
Cream butter and sugar together.
Add enough boiling water to cocoa to make a paste.
Beat into butter mixture.
Stir in milk, cinnamon and vanilla.
Add flour mixture and stir to make a stiff dough.
Roll out and cut out cookies.
Place 2\" apart on greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 375\u00b0 until lightly browned, about 10-15 minutes.
Cool completely.
For the glaze, combine butter and milk in top of double boiler and heat just until butter melts.
Add enough boiling water to cocoa to make a paste.
Stir cocoa mixture into butter mixture.
Add vanilla, then powdered sugar.
If glaze is too thick, add a little more milk.
Frost cookies when cool.