Chocolate Cookie Dough

With the holidays coming up, I thought it would be great to introduce you to three great dough recipes.  These are all from the cookbook  The Weeknight Cook from Williams and Sonoma.  
The first of the three doughs is Chocolate cookie dough.
It is a fantastic for cutting out bats for Halloween, but
it's also great  for Christmas cookies too.

It's a great dough to keep on hand in your fridge or freezer.

  This recipe is not only super simple, but delicious too. 

To make 3 disk of dough, you will need:

• 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter at room temperature
• 3cups firmly packed light brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• 3 1/2 cups of flour
• 1 cup, plus 2 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tarter
• 3/4 teaspoon of salt

In a large bowl using an electric mixer, beat the butter and the brown sugar, until creamy.Add the vanilla and the eggs and beat until smooth.

In another bowl, stir together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, cream of tarter, and salt.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix on low speed until blended.

Turn out the dough onto a floured surface.

Divide into three equal portions.

Pat each into a flat disk and wrap in plastic wrap.
It will store for up to three days in the fridge 
and up to a month in the freezer.
This dough is great for making Chocolate Star Cookies.