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Anvil Chocolate Sugar Cookies

December 12, 2011 by mydanishkitchen

Anvil Cookies

My husband Joe asked me if I could make cookies in the shape of an anvil. I said “sure, but I don’t think you’ll find an anvil cookie cutter in the stores”. Of course I should have known that it wouldn’t stop him on his quest for anvil cookies. And so he proceeded to make an anvil cookie cutter…is there anything that man cannot make?

Gentile Forge Cookies

The cookie cutter is nice and sharp and it worked like a charm. I choose a delicious chocolate sugar cookie and to make sure the dough does not spread out during baking it’s important to let the cut-out cookies chill in the refrigerator for 15 minutes before baking.

Anvil Cookies

Anvil Chocolate Sugar Cookies (makes 44 cookies)

Ingredients:

For the cookies:

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (355 grams)

3/4 cup unsweetened Dutch processed cocoa powder (75 grams)

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 cup unsalted butter (226 grams), at room temperature

1 3/4 cups granulated sugar (350 grams)

2 large eggs, at room temperature

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

For the Icing:

2 cups powdered sugar (220 grams)

1 1/2 tablespoons meringue powder (15 grams)

1/4 teaspoon almond extract (can use other extract flavors if desired)

1/4 – 1/2 cup warm water (60 – 120 ml)

food color, if desired

Directions:

To make Cookies: In a large bowl sift together flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder and set aside. In the bowl of an electrical mixer, beat butter and sugar until creamy and smooth (about 3-4 minutes). Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla extract, mix until combined. With the mixer on low, add the dry ingredients. As dry ingredients becomes incorporated you can increase speed. Mix only until it forms a homogeneous dough. Divide dough into two portions, wrap each in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

Line baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C).

Remove one half of dough from refrigerator. Lightly flour your work surface and roll dough out to a thickness of 1/4 inch (6 millimeters). Keep turning the dough so it does not stick to counter. Cut out desired shapes using a lightly floured cookie cutter. Transfer cookies to baking sheets. Place baking sheets in refrigerator for 15 minutes (to prevent cookies from loosing their shape during baking). Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes or until firm around edges. Remove from oven and let cookies cool on baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack. Frost with Icing if desired.

To make Icing: Note – for these particular cookies I only iced along the edges of cookies. If you plan on filling in cookies with icing, I would recommend doubling the icing recipe.

In a medium bowl sift together powdered sugar and meringue powder. Add almond extract. Add warm water in increments, while mixing with your electrical mixer. Add food color if desired. Beat on medium speed until smooth and glossy. Proper consistency is when a ribbon of icing falls into bowl and remain on surface for a few seconds. Add more confectioners sugar if icing becomes too thin. Use icing immediately or store in an airtight container covered with plastic wrap directly on the surface.

Be sure icing in completely set before storing cookies in an airtight container. It could take several hours for icing to set.

Source: adapted from Joy of Baking

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Posted in Chocolate, Cookies, Frosting | Tagged anvil, blacksmith, chocolate, cookies, forge, gentile, gentile forge, icing, jganvil, sugar | 13 Comments

13 Responses

  1. on December 16, 2011 at 19:04 Tina@flourtrader

    That is a great cookie cutter for a dark, chocolatey cookie! I have never made cut out cookies with dark chocolate dough, I guess I never saw any recipe before. Thanks for sharing this-yum!


  2. on December 16, 2011 at 10:58 Umm Mymoonah

    Perfectly made cookies, looks gorgeous.


  3. on December 16, 2011 at 10:41 Staci

    Hi Gitte, this is such a great post. I was looking for a cookie recipe to bake this weekend, and this is going to be it! Though I love the traditional gingerbread and sugar cookies, I wanted something different. Rigtig God Jul 🙂


  4. on December 15, 2011 at 20:25 Julie M.

    Very cool! I wanna know how he did it. I could use a few custom cookie cutters myself. 🙂


    • on December 16, 2011 at 06:03 mydanishkitchen

      He cut the anvil shape out of wood first and used it as a mold to form the metal around. It turned out really good 🙂


  5. on December 14, 2011 at 07:11 Emily @ Life on Food

    Haha, too funny! Leave it to a man to find such an odd shaped cookie cutter. Bravo to him!


  6. on December 13, 2011 at 13:01 Claudie

    Wow! Bravo for the making of that cookie cutter. I think it’s time for me to go talk to my husband and ask him to make some original cookie cutter shapes too! lol
    Also, you’ve done a great job too! No matter how nice that cookie cutter is, I don’t think the results would have been that good if it wasn’t for your baking and icing skills 🙂 (I have yet to try to ice a cookie… I’m not sure if it’s because I’m lazy, or because the cookie just doesn’t survive that long…)


    • on December 13, 2011 at 17:06 mydanishkitchen

      Claudie, Thank you so much, that is really sweet of you to say. Actually, icing is not really my thing but they did turn out pretty good 🙂


  7. on December 13, 2011 at 06:27 Liz

    What a talented hubby! And paired with a fabulous baker 🙂


    • on December 13, 2011 at 06:38 mydanishkitchen

      Thank you Liz, you are much too kind 🙂


  8. on December 13, 2011 at 03:27 Pille @ Nami-Nami

    Impressed. I guess he really-really wanted those anvil-shaped cookies 🙂


  9. on December 12, 2011 at 16:10 Vincent Nakovics

    Let me tell you the Anvil Cookies were great! What else could a Blacksmith ask for! After all we don’t have sugar plums dancing in our heads; it’s anvils and hammers tapping away.

    Thanks! Gitte


    • on December 12, 2011 at 17:13 mydanishkitchen

      Thanks Vince, I’m so glad you guys liked them 🙂



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