posted by Carol on Nov 19
Makes about 18 stars, depending on size. These cookies are ideal when you fancy a change from rich Christmas food.
Ingredients
275g/10oz butter
450g/16oz plain (all purpose) flour
250g/9oz castor (fine grained) sugar
1 large egg, beaten
1 level tsp cocoa powder
Method
1. Rub the butter into the flour until it resembles fine breadcrumbs, then mix in the beaten egg to bind it together.
2. Divide the dough in half and work the cocoa powder into one half until it is well mixed.
3. Roll out the plain dough first between sheets of non-stick paper to a thickness of about 1/8 inch. Use a star shaped cutter, 3 inches in diameter, to cut out 9 shapes. With a smaller star cutter, less than 2 inches in diameter, cut out a star from the centre of each cookie.
4. Repeat the last step with the chocolate dough.
5. Place the larger hollow stars on greased baking sheets then use the small stars to fill in the holes in the large ones. Use small chocolate stars in the large plain ones, and small plain stars in the large chocolate ones.
6. Bake in a preheated oven at 190 deg C or 375 deg F for about 10 to 15 minutes.
