Choco-Doodles (or proof positive my wife's an evil genius)

Today, along with whipping up the normal snickerdoodles for the family, my wife asked if we could try introducing some cocoa powder to the cookie dough, and rolling them in powdered sugar. Oh, so wrong. It's like she WANTS me to regain my weight. ;)

OK, let's start with the basic snickerdoodle dough:

1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup (slightly rounded) sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup (slightly rounded) flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder

2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp cinammon

Cream the shortening, sugar, and egg until white and fluffy. Sift together the flour, salt, and baking powder. Mix flour gradually into sugar mixture until a slightly sticky dough comes together.

Mix the sugar and cinammon together in a small bowl and set aside.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Scoop the dough into a tablespoon (for uniformity), and roll into a ball, then toss in cinnamon sugar mixture until coated. Place on a lightly greaed cookie sheet, and bake at 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes, then store or eat as desired.

Now, the choco-doodles:

To the flour mixture, add 1/4 cup cocoa powder.
Skip the cinammon-sugar mixture and roll the dough in 3 tbsp powdered sugar.
Otherwise, same as above.

Sorry, no digital camera means no pix, which is just as well, b/c the more I'm around those cookies, the more likely that I'll eat them.