Delightful little soft gingerbread cookies that you simply must make this holiday season. Classic gingersnaps turned to the dark side with chocolate addition. These cookies are made in a chocolate version with added mini chocolate chips.
Gingersnaps
December holds the record for the most cookies baked. We’ve been making cookies at least twice a week here. Not that I’m complaining but I don’t know how much more my hips can take.
You see, I have a big weakness for cookies. I can resist cakes, cheesecakes and fudge, and I would be just fine having only a few bites a day. But cookies, cookies I can munch on all day long. That could be trouble. No wonder holidays are not figure friendly at all.
Although, my little man is very much enjoying the abundance of cookies and baking with me. He is fascinated with my stand up mixer and loves adding ingredients to it while it’s mixing. He is like a mad scientist.
After we made some gingerbread man cookies this year, I got a craving for gingersnaps. I wanted to run a little experiment to see if I could pull off gingersnaps in a chocolate version. We totally nailed it.
They were not just really, really tasty as a chocolate cookie, they are very simple and the texture was perfect. Soft and chewy, just like I like it.
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Chocolate Chocolate Chip Gingersnaps (Giveaway)
Ingredients
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup melted salted butter
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup molasses
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- 3/4 cup mini chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup white granulated sugar for coating.
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together brown sugar, melted butter, egg, vanilla and molasses until smooth.
- Sift in cocoa powder.
- Add flour, baking soda, ground ginger, cinnamon and ground cloves. Mix until all combined. (You may have to switch to a spatula because the dough will get thick.)
- Fold in mini chocolate chips.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least an hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350 and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Roll 1-inch cookie dough balls and lightly coat them with white granulated sugar. Place on a baking sheet and gently press down a little. Repeat with 8-more cookie dough balls (depending on a size of your cookie sheet), placing them 2 inches apart. (Refrigerate the dough in between batches.)
- Bake for 10-11 minutes.
- Cool on a wire rack and enjoy.
Notes
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Livivua says
I would love to bake tea cakes
ronalee duncan says
I would bake Chocolate Cheesecake Bars (ronaleeduncan (at) aol (dot) com)
Roxana says
These cookies are so beautiful! Chocolate and ginger are a special match. : )
Vicki says
I would bake an old fashioned Butter Cake!
Sandy Headtke says
Its not baking but I would start off with a vanill pomegranate martini
http://rodellekitchen.com/our-recipes/vanilla-pomegranate-martini
libby rouse says
Vanilla gingerbread cookies sounds so delicious, I love anything gingerbread!
cyndi br says
I would make the chessboard cookies first
Karen O says
I think I would make the Chocolate gingerbread cookie. They seem to be really unique.
Michelle Fuller says
I would attenpt to make the chessboard cookiesw.
Susan Broughton says
I think I would like to give these Gingerbread coookies a try. They sound do good!
Karen Wood says
I’ve been meaning to try Rodelle’s Vanilla Bean Challah bread recipe. Other than that, lot’s of cookies. I’m going to have to try the Chocolate Chocolate Chip Gingersnaps. I never imagined chocolate and ginger together but it must be good or you wouldn’t say so. It would be nice to add another variety to my usual christmas cookie collection.
lyuba says
I really hope you will try it! It’s really good 🙂
Thank you, Karen!
Jamie says
Vanilla bean challah, I love challah!