Cocoa Cookies

Preparation : Preheat oven to 400 F. Combine first 5 ingredients in a bowl. Using your fingers, blend in butter until incororated. Stir in egg until mixture is well combined. Cover dough in bowl and chill 1 hour, until firm. Spoon level tablespoonsof dough onto wax paper and cut in half. With floured hands, roll eachpiece into aball. Arrange balls on alightly greased baking sheet. Flatten each ballwith a floured metal spatula into a disk about 2 inch in diameter. Bake 7-8 minutes in middle of oven, or until cookies are set but not hard. Cool on racks. Cookies will continue to crisp as they cool. Because this recipe is for a particular size pan, it adjusts the number of servings only in multiples of 6.The instructions describe how to prepare the ingredients for one pan. There are enough ingredients to prepare 17 pans.