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August 27, 2020 By Brandy Leave a Comment

Home » Recipes » Dessert Recipes » Cookie Recipes

Chocolate Sugar Cookies With Buttercream (Video)

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Chocolate sugar cookies with chocolate buttercream are delicious and easy to customize! Add mint extract for a chocolate mint version. 

If you like sugar cookies you’ll love our lemon sugar cookies! 

Watch our step by step video!

These cookies are loaded with chocolate flavor and spread with rich chocolate buttercream frosting. The best part? They are so easy to make!

chocolate sugar cookies with chocolate frosting and sprinkles

Sugar cookies are my weakness. I especially love our bakery style sugar cookies, and my kids love our chocolate ones!

You can roll out these cookies and cut them with cookie cutters if you’d like (you’ll need to add about 1/2 cup more flour), but I like pressing mine down flat. Quick and easy.

hand holding frosted chocolate sugar cookies

If you aren’t planning on eating these the same day that you make them, store cookies in a air tight container or freezer and frost before serving. This batch makes 3 dozen chocolate sugar cookies.

How to Shape Sugar Cookies

cookie dough balls pressed flat

Scoop cookies, using a medium cookie scoop, onto ungreased baking sheets. Roll each scoop of cookie dough into a perfect ball using your hands.

Dip a glass in sugar and press down on each cookie dough ball to flatten.

These cookies will puff when baked, so make sure to really press down. I like pressing down until the edges come up over the side of the jar. See video for a great visual.

These sugar cookies bake up in just 10 minutes. Let them rest on the baking sheet for 2-3 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack.

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

chocolate frosting on rubber spatula

Make a batch of chocolate buttercream while the cookies cool, and spoon a small amount over each cookie.

frosted chocolate sugar cookie on cooling rack

 

two cookies next to a glass of milk

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Chocolate Sugar Cookies With Chocolate Buttercream

chocolate sugar cookies on cooling rack

Chocolate Sugar Cookies With Chocolate Buttercream

Chocolate sugar cookies with chocolate buttercream are delicious and easy to customize! Add mint extract for a chocolate mint version, or ice in peanut butter frosting for chocolate peanut butter sugar cookies. 
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 36
Calories: 271kcal

Ingredients

Cookies

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup corn starch
  • 3/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 1/3 cup baking cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 3-4 Tbsp milk

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Cream butter, shortening and vanilla. Mix until fluffy. Add sugar, egg and vanilla.
  • In a seperate bowl combine flour, corn starch, baking cocoa and baking powder.
  • Slowly mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients and mix until dough forms.
  • Use a cookie scoop to scoop dough onto ungreased baking sheet.
  • Roll each scoop of cookie dough into a smooth ball.
  • Dip a glass in sugar and press down onto each cookie dough ball to flatten.
  • Bake for 10 minutes. Let cookies stand on pan for 2-3 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.
  • Beat frosting ingredients together and mix until fluffy. Add more or less milk until your frosting is the thickness you'd like.
  • Spread frosting over cooled cookies.

Notes

If using salted butter, no additional salt is necessary for the cookie dough. If using unsalted butter, add a 1/2 teaspoon of salt with the dry ingredients in the cookie dough.

Nutrition

Calories: 271kcal
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Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!

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Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you! Learn More About The Author

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