Double Chocolate Cookies with Ginger and Cayenne
By: mvegetarianreci...
Published: Friday, July 6, 2012 - 1:31pm

Ingredients




Dry:
1-1/2 Cups sifted all purpose flour
1 Cup sifted Dutch cocoa powder
1-1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 Cup shaved dark chocolate (70%) – or chocolate chips
1 Cup sugar
1 Cup brown sugar
Wet:
1/2 Cup plus 1 Tbsp canola oil
2 large eggs
2-1/2 Tbsp grated fresh ginger
3/4 Tbsp vanilla extract
2 tsp warm water
1/2 Tbsp pink or white sea salt
1 Tbsp sugar

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 375°F. 2 Mix dry ingredients together well in a large mixing bowl. 3 Whisk wet ingredients together in a separate mixing bowl. 4 Mix sugar and salt together in a small bowl and set aside until required. 5 Lightly grease a parchment lined baking sheet with butter. 6 Mix wet and dry ingredients together well. 7 Using a small ice cream scoop, scoop dough onto prepared baking sheet. 8 Flatten with the palm of your hand until about 3/8″ thick. 9 Sprinkle with sugar and salt mixture. 10 Bake for 11 minutes. 11 Remove from oven and cool for 5 minutes before removing cookies to a cooling rack. 12 Allow to cool completely. 13 Enjoy! 14 M

About

Picked up the base for these cookies from Food Network – and then spiced them up a bit.