Double Ginger Chocolate Chunk Cookies

(from gsommcan’s recipe box)

Source: More Magazine

Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes

Categories: Desserts

Ingredients

  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
  • 12 tablespoons unsalted butter(1 1/2 sticks), room temperature
  • 1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar, plus 1/2 cup for rolling
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 1/2 cup molasses
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup coarsely chopped candied ginger
  • 1 cup dark chocolate chunks(chop a gourmer bar for best results)

Directions

  1. oven to 350. Whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, spices and cocoa in a large bowl. Set aside.

  2. With a mixer, cream together butter and 1/3 cup dark brown sugar and 1/3 cup granulated sugar until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 mins.

  3. Beat in egg yolk. Add molasses and vanilla. Add flour mixture. Mix until no flour pockets remain. Stir in chocolate and ginger. Chill dough until firm.

  4. Place 1/2 cup granulated sugar in a bowl. Roll tablespoons of cookie dough into balls; roll in sugar.

  5. Place 2 inches apart on parchment-lined cookie sheets. Bake 10 to 12 mins, rtating pan after 5 mins, until cookies are beginning to crack and edges are just set. Do not overbake.

  6. Let cookies cool briefly on baking sheet, and transfer to a rack to cool completely.

  7. Makes approx 30 cookies.

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