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chocolate gingerbread cookie

Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies


Ingredients

  • 120 g Milk Chocolate
  • ½ cup Cocoa powder
  • 3 cups Plain Flour
  • 1 Tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 170 g Butter
  • ½ cup Dark Brown Sugar
  • ½ cup Caster Sugar
  • 2 tablespoon Ground Ginger
  • 2 tablespoon Ground Cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon Ground Cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
  • ¼ Cup Treacle
  • 1 Egg Large

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, sift together cocoa, flour, bicarbonade of soda and salt, and set aside.

  2. In a separate bowl, beat butter, brown sugar, white sugar, and spices until the mixture is light and fluffy. Set aside.

  3. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of hot water.

  4. Add the treacle, egg and melted chocolate to the butter and sugar mixture and beat for about 2 minutes.

  5. Slowly add the dry mixture a spoon at a time and mix until just combined.

  6. Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees and roll out the dough until it is about ¼ inch thick. Flour the surface and rolling pin if necessary

  7. Use festive cookie cutters to cut out shapes and place on baking paper on a baking sheet

  8. Cook in the oven for 8 minutes and leave on a rack until cool.

  9. Decorate with icing and sprinkles.