Easy Chocolate Buttery Cookies

• 12 cup sugar
• 14 cup butter, softened
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 12 cups all-purpose flour
• 18 cup unsweetened cocoa
• melted chocolate chips (to decorate) or almond bark (to decorate) or maraschino cherries (to decorate) or nuts (to decorate)

1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. In a large bowl, combine all ingredients except flour and cocoa.
3. Beat at medium speed until light and fluffy.
4. Gradually add the flour and cocoa until well mixed.
5. Shape rounded teaspoonfuls as desired (1-inch balls, 2-inch logs, balls flattened, etc.)
6. or use cookie press.
7. Put them 1 inch apart on cookie sheet.
8. Bake 7-9 minutes or until set.
9. Let cookies cool.
10. When cooled, you may decorate the cookies with whatever you like, example listed above, or leave them as they are.

sugar, butter, egg yolk, almond, flour, cocoa, chocolate chips

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/easy-chocolate-buttery-cookies-35310 (may not work)