Star of David Chocolate Cookies

These sweet, buttery cookies are sure to become a holiday favorite! Add a few drops of food coloring to the frosting for a festive touch.

Prep: 30 min | Cook: 8 min |Yield: 3 dozen cookies

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup Nestlé Toll House® Baking Cocoa
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (16 ounce) package prepared vanilla frosting

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Combine flour, cocoa and salt in a small bowl.
3. Beat butter, sugar and vanilla extract in a large mixer bowl until creamy.
4. Gradually beat in cocoa mixture.
5. Shape dough into 2 balls.
6. Roll each ball of dough between 2 sheets of wax paper to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut with a 2 inch star shaped cookie cutter.
7. Place on ungreased baking sheets; pierce with fork.
8. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until set.
9. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
10. Decorate with frosting.

Attribution

Recipe and photo used with permission from: Nestlé and meals.com