Rich Chocolate Cutout Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
    1 cup cocoa powder, plus extra for dusting
    1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
    1 1/4 cups sugar
    1 egg
    1 egg yolk
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preparation
    Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl.
    With an electric mixer on medium, beat butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. 3-4 minute.
    Beat in whole egg, yolk, and vanilla.
    Reduce speed to low, and add flour mixture in three additions.
    Shape dough into 2 disks, wrap each in plastic, and refrigerate until cold and firm, about 2 hrs (or up to 1 day).
    Preheat oven to 375\u00b0F Remove 1 disk from refrigerator, and let stand until room temperature.
    Lightly dust two large sheets of parchment with cocoa powder, and roll out disk of dough between sheets to a 1/4 inch thickness.
    Transfer to a baking sheet, and freeze until very firm, about 15 minutes.
    Remove top parchment sheet, use cookie cutters to cut out shapes.
    Remove excess dough and space cookies evenly. Re-freeze until firm.
    Bake, rotating sheets halfway through, until firm, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer to wire racks and let cool completely.

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