Spiced Chocolate Tea Cakes

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Ingredients:

• All purpose flour 1 1/2 cup
• Ground nutmeg 1/4Tsp
• Baking pdr 1/4 Tsp
• Cocoa pdr 1/4 cup
• Egg yolk of 1 egg
• Butter 1/2 cup
• Sugar 3/4 cup
• Milk 1/3 cup
• Pwd sugar

Preheat oven at 350 deg F. In a small bowl, stir together flour, cocoa pdr, baking pdr and nutmeg. Keep it aside. In a large bowl beat butter at medium speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar and egg yolk into it and beat well. Add about half of the flour mixture and milk, mix it and add the rest of the remaining flour. Place dough in a decorating bag fitted with a large open star tip. Pipe it into desired shapes. Bake it for 10 to 12 mins or until firm and the bottom is light brown. Transfer to a wire rack and allow it to cool. Sift powdered sugar over the cooled cookies before serving.
Recipe Courtesy: Better Homes and Gardens Cookie Book.