Spice Gingerbread Cookies - ★Cooking Recipes★

Also known as: "Naughty or Nice, Sugar and Spice Gingerbread Cookies"

This recipe is the perfect blend of rich dark chocolate and great festive spices, all wrapped up in a yummy cookie recipe. Perfect for the holidays!

Courtesy of The Happy Baker, Erin Bolger.
Directions for: Spice Gingerbread Cookies

Ingredients

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp baking powder

tsp ground cloves

Pinch of Nutmeg

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp ground ginger

2 cup all-purpose flour

cup butter, softened

cup sugar

cup molasses

2 eggs

1 cup of dark chocolate chunks (at least 50% dark chocolate). You can cut up a bar of dark chocolate or use baking dark chocolate squares that you would find in the baking section of the grocery store.

Cocoa for dusting

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. With a hand mixer combine sugar, molasses and butter; beat well. Add eggs; beat until combined.

3. In a separate bowl sift or whisk together all the dry ingredients. Slowly add this mixture to your molasses mixture; stir well after each addition.

4. Stir in chocolate chunks.

5. Form dough into 1-inch balls. Place on a lined cookie sheet 2-inches apart and flatten with your fingers. Sift a small amount of cocoa on top of each cookie. Bake in pre-heated oven for 12-15 minutes. Let cool and enjoy! Store uneaten cookies in an airtight container.

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