For the Love of Cookies

For those who prefer naked cookies, a very cute and easy option. All you need are round cookie cutters, and divide your favorite dough in two components, one with cocoa powder to make it brown. Once that is done, let the assembling fun begin!

There is no need to brush anything on the pieces of dough, just gently press them together and during baking they will end up as one piece.

A very small trimming for the ears, then a tiny round of chocolate dough for the nose…
They are ready for the oven!

For the eyes I used black pearls from PME, but you can also roll tiny pieces of chocolate dough… I added the black pearls when the cookies were just out of the oven, still warm.

You can design other animals with two color dough, or abstract patterns also, and of course add gel dye instead of chocolate if you want to explore other colors. Fun to make and lighter than iced cookies, so you can enjoy a couple of them without feeling too guilty…

Inspired by joyfullhomecooking

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