Edible Cookie Basket - cooking recipe

Ingredients

For the Cookies
1 1/4 cups flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 cup blanched slivered almond, finely ground
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons butter (soft)
2/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

In a medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, almonds and salt; set aside.
In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar, egg and vanilla with an electric mixer til light and fluffy.
Add flour mixture, beating until dough forms about 2 minutes.
Roll dough out to 1/8-inch thickness.
Use a 1-1/2\" cookie cutter with scalloped edges and cut out shapes.
Making the basket: Cover the outside of a loaf pan with foil and spray with cooking spray.
Cover the pan with the dough cutouts (overlapping slightly) and pressing gently.
Bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 15 minutes or until the edges are firm.
Cool completely before removing the cookie basket.
You can mold the cookie dough around different shaped oven-proof bowls too.