Chocolate Pumpkin Cookies
A festive, deliciously, decadent cookie that shimmers with sugar and is perfect for Halloween!
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- sugar crystals
- 44 Mellocreme pumpkins
- 1/4 cup black gel food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Sit butter out to soften. This makes for an easier mix.
- Prepare a baking sheet by using parchment paper or spray PAM cooking spray on it. Let sit.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter and both sugars until creamy and smooth. About 2-3 minutes.
- Add the egg yolk, vanilla, extract, and black food coloring. Beat to incorporate.
- Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Add to the butter mixture and beat on low speed until just mixed in.
- Roll mixture into balls using 1 1/2 teaspoons of the dough for each cookie. Place on cookie sheet and leave 2 inches between each cookie.
- Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle your sugar crystals and push a Mellocreme pumpkin in the middle.
- Allow cookies to cool on a baking sheet for approximately 3 minutes and then move to a wire cooling rack.