Truffle Iced Sugar Cookies

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons butter (softened) or 4 tablespoons margarine (softened)
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• cooking spray
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa
• 1 tablespoon nonfat milk
• 1/2 ounce semisweet chocolate
• 1/2 ounce chocolate

Recipe

• 1 cookies: lightly spoon flour in a measuring cup and level with a knife.
• 2 combine with baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl and stir well and set aside.
• 3 beat butter with a mixer until creamy and add sugar, vanilla, and egg .
• 4 continue to beat with mixer until mixture is creamy.
• 5 gradually add flour mixture and mix until well blended.
• 6 turn out dough onto wax paper and shape into a six inch log.
• 7 freeze for 3 hours or until firm.
• 8 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 9 slice log into 1/4 inch pieces and place on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray.
• 10 bake at 350°f for 8-10 minutes and cool.
• 11 icing: combine powdered sugar and cocoa in a small bowl.
• 12 add milk and stir until mixture is smooth.
• 13 spread over cookies leaving a small border around the edges.
• 14 place chocolate in a heavy duty food storage bag and microwave for 1 minute or until chocolate is soft.
• 15 knead bag until chocolate is smooth.
• 16 snip a small hole in the corner of bag and drizzle chocolate mixture on cookies, so that they resemble truffles.