Gingerbread Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Studded with semisweet chocolate chunks, these chocolate gingerbread cookies provide a new twist to traditional holiday flavor.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 25 mins
• Calories: 99 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ cup white sugar
• ½ cup molasses
• 1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon packed dark brown sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons boiling water
• 12 ounces semisweet chocolate chunks

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

Step 2

Sift flour, cocoa, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg together in a medium bowl.

Step 3

Beat butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add brown sugar and beat until combined. Add molasses and beat until combined.

Step 4

Dissolve baking soda in boiling water in a small bowl.

Step 5

Beat half of the flour mixture into the butter mixture. Add baking soda mixture and beat until combined. Add remaining flour mixture. Stir in chocolate chunks.

Step 6

Turn dough onto plastic wrap and pat out to about 1-inch thickness. Cover completely in plastic wrap and place dough in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

Step 7

Roll chilled dough into 1 1/2-inch balls and place back in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.

Step 8

Roll balls in sugar and place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.

Step 9

Bake in the preheated oven until the surface of the cookies crack, 10 to 12 minutes.