Spiced Chocolate Cookies

Name: Spiced Chocolate Cookies
Yield: Makes 48 cookies
Ingredients: 1 1/3 cups (6⅔ ounces; 189 grams), all-purpose flour; 3/4 cup (2¼ ounces; 64 grams), Dutch-processed cocoa powder; 1 tablespoon, ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 1/4 teaspoon, pepper; 1/4 teaspoon, cayenne pepper; 12 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 1 cup (7 ounces; 198 grams), granulated sugar; 1 , large egg; 1/2 cup sanding, sugar

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2019

Desserts or Baked Goods

Chocolate

Holiday

Hints of warm spice and heat elevate the chocolate flavor in these unique cookies.

SERVESMakes 48 cookies

TIME1 hour, plus 2 hours chilling and 20 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To pump these crisp but fudgy cookies with chocolate flavor, we used a hefty amount of Dutch-processed cocoa powder. Cinnamon, cayenne pepper, and black pepper gave the cookies just the right amount of contrasting spiciness. We found that r...

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