Chocolate Wookie Cookies
These Wookie Cookies are made with an easy chocolate sugar cookie recipe and a gingerbread man cookie cutter. Press fork tongs into the dough for the simple wookiee fur. May the 4th be with you as you enjoy these Chewbacca cookies for Star Wars day!
Servings: 20 cookies
Calories: 188kcal
Ingredients
For the cookies:
- 1 cup unsalted butter , at room temperature (no warmer)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
For decorating:
- chocolate frosting (I use a store-bought tub)
- pearl sprinkles
- other optional decorations as desired
Instructions
Make the cookies:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar until creamy. Mix in the egg and vanilla until combined.
- In a separate mixing bowl, whisk the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until just combined.
- Roll the dough onto a clean floured working surface, no thinner than ¼-inch thick. Continue to flip and flour the dough as you roll. Use a gingerbread man cookie cutter to cut out wookie shapes. Place onto prepare baking sheet.
- Press tongs of a fork into the wookie cookie dough to create the "hair". Bake 7 to 10 minutes, depending on the thickness of the cookies. Remove from oven and let cool 10 minutes on cookie sheet before transferring to wire rack to cool completely.
Decorate:
- Once cookies are completely cooled, decorate as desired. I like to use a small star tip to pipe the sash and then sprinkle pearls over top. Keep it simple.
Notes
- Climate and temperature can affect dough temperament. This is a wetter dough, but if dough is too wet to roll, add a little more flour until rolling consistency is reached.
- Do not roll dough too thin or it will be difficult to transfer cut out shapes to baking sheet.
- I recommend using a serving spatula with a beveled edge to transfer cut shapes to cookie sheets. The beveled edge helps the spatula get underneath the dough.
- Nutritional information is an estimate only, based on 1 medium sized cookie without decorations.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 188kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 34mg | Sodium: 64mg | Potassium: 96mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 297IU | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 1mg