Thick, chewy sugar cookies, full of chocolate flavor. These cookies are the opposite of a regular sugar cookie, because there’s cocoa powder and brown sugar in the yielding a super soft, chocolate flavored sugar cookie.
Option to roll your cookie dough balls in white granulated sugar before baking.
Chocolate Brown Sugar Cookies
Print RecipeIngredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3/4 cup Light Brown Sugar, packed
- 1 egg, room temperature
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract (I used Rodelle Baker’s Extract)
- 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch of salt
- TOPPING:
- 1/4 cup White Granulated Sugar
Instructions
In the bowl of your stand mixer, affixed with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugar. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add the egg and vanilla extract. Mix on medium-high speed for 5-minutes, or until light and fluffy. Change the mixer to low speed and add the flour, cocoa powder, cornstarch, baking soda and salt. Mix until barely combined.
Dump dough out onto plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator overnight.
Remove cookie dough from the refrigerator. Preheat oven to 350-degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silpat. Scoop 1/3-cup sized cookie dough balls out and roll in a bowl containing the 1/4 cup white sugar. Place dough balls onto the cookie sheet. Bake in 350-degree oven for 8-minutes. Do not over bake!
Remove baked cookies from oven and press the tops down slightly with the back of a spoon, as they do not spread during baking. Let baked cookies set on the baking sheet for 5-minutes before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling completely.
Notes
Store in an airtight container. Cookies stay fresh for 5-7 days.
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20 Comments
Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen
October 17, 2018 at 6:13 AMWords can’t describe how much I want a couple of these with my coffee right now. They look SO GOOD, Kelly!
Kelly
October 17, 2018 at 8:31 AMThanks Kelsie! These would be so YUMMY with a cup of coffee too 🙂 Mmmmmm!!
GIGI EATS
October 17, 2018 at 5:39 PMI am not even a chocolate person as you know, but I wanna devour the shit out of these – however when it comes to all of your recipes, I want to devour the shit out of ALLLLLL of them!
Kelly
October 18, 2018 at 8:46 AMHahahah awwwww thanks!! I want to eat the shit out of everything I make too….but ya know I can’t. I have to quickly get rid of everything I make or I would get the diabetes from all the sugary treats I make. Hahahaha. XOXO
Amy
October 17, 2018 at 8:38 PMI’m loving seeing what kind of chocolate treats that you are making with all of that chocolate. Keep them coming!!!
Kelly
October 18, 2018 at 8:47 AMYay! Thanks Amy!! #Choctoberfest had me BUSY!!! I have chocolate recipes everyday from Monday until Saturday! Ahhhh!!! Glad you are enjoying all the chocolate recipes 🙂 XOXO
patrick@looneyforfood.com
October 18, 2018 at 4:43 AMGreat chocolate twist on a classic,
Kelly
October 18, 2018 at 8:47 AMThanks Pat!!! XOXO
Jen
October 18, 2018 at 10:42 AMHi. These look so good! Can you double or triple the recipe? Thanks.
Kelly
October 18, 2018 at 6:04 PMHi Jen! You can definitely double or triple the recipe 🙂 Let me know if you make them XOXO
Farrah
October 18, 2018 at 11:09 AMI’m hoping that someday when I’m finally living in my own space, I can work with Imperial Sugar for Choctoberfest! So many delicious options! These cookies look super good! :]!
Kelly
October 23, 2018 at 8:27 AMThanks Farrah!! Imperial Sugar was an amazing sponsor and I only use their sugar!! Hopefully you will get to work with them next #Choctoberfest 🙂
roseannmhampton
October 19, 2018 at 6:30 PMI just found some sugar free brown sugar substitute so I am excited to give these a try! Thanks for sharing with us at The Blogger’s Pit Stop!
Kelly
October 23, 2018 at 8:28 AMThat sounds right up my alley! Let me know how they turn out using the sugar replacement! And thanks for hosting!! XOXO
Colleen
October 21, 2018 at 10:04 AMThese are totally my kind of cookie!!!
Kelly
October 23, 2018 at 8:28 AMThanks Colleen!! XOXO
Barrie Mooney
October 31, 2018 at 6:36 PMThese look so fantastic- love how chewy they stayed!
Scott
November 6, 2018 at 3:49 AMVery Nice Post, I learned a lot through it. Thanks for posting.
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