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"Could you tell by yesterday&amp;#039;s post that I&amp;#039;m a little burned out on dinner? Give me a cookie recipe, however, and I&amp;#039;ll happily mix ingredients and roll little balls of chocolate dough in confectioners&amp;#039; sugar. I remember sitting in my grandma&amp;#039;s farmhouse kitchen, writing out the recipe for these cookies as my grandmother told me how to make them. I felt grown up exchanging recipes. These are absolutely simple and are made from ingredients you no doubt have on hand, so they&amp;#039;re the perfect way to start your holiday baking.   Friday bake-off is going to include a sampling of my favorite holiday cookies this month. Start baking!  I started by mixing 1/2 cup cocoa powder with 1 cup sugar and 1/4 cup vegetable oil.   Next I added 2 eggs and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract.   In a separate bowl, I mixed 1 cup flour with 1 teaspoon baking powder and a pinch of salt.   Mixed the dry ingredients into the sugar mixture and put it in the fridge to firm up for about an hour.   Then I used a 2-tablespoon scoop to form cookies. The cookies in the first batch were kind of big, so for the other 2 batches I only half-filled the scoop. Rolled them into a ball, then rolled the balls in powdered sugar. I baked the first batch at 350F for 12 minutes and the batches with the smaller cookies I only baked for 10 minutes. Let each batch cool on the baking sheet for at least a minute, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.  I have some great links for your baking projects below, including a jelly doughnut hole recipe for Hanukkah: Jelly Doughnut Holes Christmas Cookie Recipes Creative Ways to Package Homemade Treats \u2014 Kim Walker "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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