Halloween Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 ¼ cups all purpose flour
- ¾ cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°. In large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs and vanilla, beat well.
- Combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl.
- Gradually blend dry ingredients into wet ingredients.
- Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a baking sheet.
- Bake 8-9 minutes.
- Decorate and enjoy!
About the Writers
Isabel Espinosa, Managing Editor
Isabel is a senior at Community High School and has been on staff since her sophomore year. Through her stories for The Communicator, she has found a love for writing (especially with the Oxford comma) and photography. She spends most of her time, when she isn't in Tracy's room, either in the Theater working on the latest CET show or with her Yellow Lab, Nala.
Lydia Stevens, Journalist
Lydia Stevens is a junior at Community High School and this is her first year on Communicator. She enjoys reading, photography, and obnoxiously bright flannels. Lydia firmly denied needing glasses until 9th grade when she realized that people could actually see the moon and not just a bright smudge in the sky.