Everyone will want to make it onto the Naughty List and find some of these in their stocking!
These are chocolaty good and easy to make.
I’m sure we can all think of something we’ve done wrong this year to be able to get some of these.
These are so fun, I can’t wait to see everyones faces when they reach into their stocking on Christmas morning and find COAL in their stocking.
hmmm…I hope this doesn’t start encouraging bad behavior! I’m pretty sure it won’t.
Coal Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup salted butter
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons dark cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 21/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- *I've also made these and added 1 teaspoon molasses and they were so yummy too!
Instructions
- Cream together butter and powdered sugar and cocoa.
- Mix in oil, egg and vanilla.
- Blend in flour, baking powder and salt.
- Mix until the dough forms a ball and pulls away from side of mixing bowl.
- Portion out a tablespoon and a half of cookie dough for each cookie, roll it into a ball and then, make the sides flat by pushing it onto the counter (almost like slapping it onto the counter) to shape them into irregular square shapes.
- Bake at 400° for 7 minutes.
- Cool completely before icing.
- Write the word Coal on some of the cookies with Royal Icing (recipe here)
- Allow icing to dry completely before stacking.
This recipe made plenty and I’ll be sticking a package of these into my stocking and I’ll act all surprised when I open them tomorrow. Shhh…don’t tell no one will know who did it. LOL!
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Christy Spurlock says
These will definitely be pinned to make for 2014 Christmas. Love the idea.
Julia | JuliasAlbum.com says
Dear Diane, I just stopped by to wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Love these little coals (LOL) and love the name of the cookies! 🙂
Lauren says
This recipe is so cute and clever! Is it 1 1/2 cups of the sugar?
Thanks!
Diane says
Thanks, yes it is 1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar, I adjusted the recipe to reflect the word “cups” thanks for catching my error.
Nutmeg Nanny says
Oh gosh this is so fun 🙂 haha I’d love to give some of these to my husband next year