Yields
1 serving
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ingredients
½
cup pastry flour, plus
½
Tbsp pastry flour
2
Tbsp cocoa
pinch salt
¼
tsp allspice
1
pinch cayenne pepper
½
cup butter, at room temperature
⅓
cup icing sugar
2
egg yolks
½
tsp vanilla
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directions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Step 2
Sift together flour, cocoa, salt, allspice and cayenne pepper. Set aside.
Step 3
In a medium bowl, beat together butter and icing sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolks one at a time. Beat well after each egg yolk. Add the vanilla and sifted dry ingredients. Beat just until blended.
Step 4
Pat dough into a disc. Wrap dough in plastic and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Remove dough from fridge.
Step 5
Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper. Put desired tip into piping bag and pipe cookies onto baking sheet. Alternately, fill cookie press and press cookies onto baking sheet. Bake for 8 to 12 minutes until cookie bottoms are golden and firm. Cool on wire rack.