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Chocolate Ginger Cookies
Chocolate ginger cookies with a spicy chocolate flavor, and a soft chewy texture. No eggs or dairy. Eat them plain, or fill with cream and stack like whoopie pies!
Prep Time
1
hour
hr
10
minutes
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Cook Time
12
minutes
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Total Time
1
hour
hr
22
minutes
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Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Servings:
12
Calories:
126
kcal
Author:
Dee Dine
Equipment
baking sheet
Ingredients
1
cup
all purpose flour
or gluten free baking flour
2
tablespoon
unsweetened cocoa
3
tablespoon
molasses (Grandma's brand, not blackstrap)
⅓
cup
brown sugar
⅓
cup
butter, unsalted room temperature
¼
cup
applesauce
1
tablespoon
gingerbread spices
(⅛ teaspoon each of cloves and nutmeg)
1
teaspoon
cinnamon
1
teaspoon
baking soda
1
teaspoon
vanilla
¼
teaspoon
salt
Instructions
Prep
Make sure the butter is at room temperature. Line a baking pan with parchment paper.
Preheat oven to 350 F
Mix cookie batter
Combine butter and sugar in a bowl
, and cream using a hand mixer. (Or stand mixer if you have one)
⅓ cup brown sugar,
⅓ cup butter, unsalted room temperature
Add the rest of the wet ingredients
and mix until combined.
3 tablespoon molasses (Grandma's brand, not blackstrap),
¼ cup applesauce,
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix dry ingredients
in a strainer and add them to the bowl of wet ingredients. Mix about 1 minute until combined.
1 cup all purpose flour,
2 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa,
1 tablespoon gingerbread spices,
1 teaspoon cinnamon,
1 teaspoon baking soda,
¼ teaspoon salt
Put foil or a dish over the bowl
of dough and chill in the refrigerator 1 hour.
Scoop the dough with a medium cookie scoop, roll in a dish of cane sugar, and line on the baking sheet with 2 inches apart.
Bake the cookies for 12 minutes. Sprinkle cane sugar on the hot cookies when you remove them from the oven.
Cool cookies on pan for 10 minutes, the transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Nutrition
Calories:
126
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
19
g
|
Protein:
1
g
|
Fat:
5
g
|
Saturated Fat:
3
g
|
Polyunsaturated Fat:
0.2
g
|
Monounsaturated Fat:
1
g
|
Trans Fat:
0.2
g
|
Cholesterol:
14
mg
|
Sodium:
184
mg
|
Potassium:
111
mg
|
Fiber:
1
g
|
Sugar:
10
g
|
Vitamin A:
160
IU
|
Vitamin C:
0.1
mg
|
Calcium:
21
mg
|
Iron:
1
mg