Snowy White Chocolate Crescents

I got this recipe from this old Mrs. Fields cookbook that I was gifted with the other week, since no one else was using it at my dad's place. These cookies aren't the most aesthetically pleasing cookies. Perhaps it is my sub-standard rolling techniques, but mine came out like weird space invader ships and not like the fancy pictures in the cook book. Plus, I think I put my powdered sugar on too soon or they need to still cool outside of a container once the sugar was on. We had some problems with melting sugar when you touched them.

Makes: Roughly 2 1/2 dozen.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder, unsweetened
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter - softened
• 1/3 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
2. In a bowl, sift together flour, salt, and cocoa.
3. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar.
4. Add vanilla and egg and beat until smooth.
5. Add in flour/cocoa mixture a bit at a time until fully incorporated.
6. Shape a level tablespoon or 1/2 tablespoon full into a 3 1/2 inch log.
7. Slightly bend the log to form crescent shape.
8. Place on baking sheet, about 1 inch apart (They don't really spread much)
9. Bake for 15-17min or until outside is hard but center is soft.
10. Cool on pan for a few minutes, then transfer to another surface to cool.
11. While still warm, roll cookies in powdered sugar until coated.

Thoughts:
These don't really require a lot of ingredients, which is why I made them as opposed to something more fancy. There isn't a whole lot of places to tweak since it is so minimal. Perhaps adding mini chocolate chips to the dough would spice things up. Also, the shape makes people thing of non-tasty things, so perhaps ill shaped crescents aren't the way to go.

Next Time:

• Mini-chocolate chips to add some flavor since everything is bitter?
• Make fun shapes? Spell out names? Since there is no leavening agent, the cookies don't change shape while baking really.