Best Chocolate Spice Cookies Recipes

ITALIAN CHOCOLATE SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs, milk and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, cocoa, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder and cloves; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in walnuts., Shape level tablespoons of dough into balls; place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until bottoms are light brown, 10-12 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For glaze, in a large bowl, mix confectioners' sugar, corn syrup and enough milk to reach desired consistency. Dip tops of cookies into glaze; if desired, decorate with sprinkles. Let stand until set. Store between pieces of waxed paper in airtight containers.

PUMPKIN SPICE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Whisk the flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
• Whisk the melted butter, eggs, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla in a second large bowl. Add the flour mixture and stir to combine with a wooden spoon. Fold in the chocolate chips.
• Scoop the dough onto the parchment-lined baking sheets and bake until golden, 16 to 18 minutes.

CHOCOLATE SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Cookies: Preheat oven to 375°F. Whisk together flour, cocoa, salt, ground ginger, cinnamon, and cloves. In a large bowl, beat butter with brown sugar, fresh ginger, and baking soda until creamy. Add egg; beat to combine. Reduce speed to low; beat in flour mixture.
• Scoop a scant 1/4 cup of dough (1.75 ounces); roll into a ball. Dust a cookie stamp with flour, tapping out excess. Place dough in center of stamp, then press evenly to cover shape of design. Place, dough-side down, on a parchment-lined baking sheet and press until dough is about 1/4 inch thick.
• Carefully remove (if it sticks, just gather up dough and start over). Repeat with remaining dough, arranging cookies 2 inches apart. Refrigerate 20 minutes; use a 2 3/4-inch round cutter to trim excess. Bake until firm to the touch, 11 to 13 minutes.
• Glaze: Meanwhile, whisk together confectioners' sugar, Cointreau, butter, and salt; glaze should have the consistency of honey. (If too thick, whisk in more Cointreau.) Let cookies cool on sheets on a wire rack 8 minutes, then brush with glaze. Let cool completely. Cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature up to 3 days.

CHOCOLATE CHIP PUMPKIN SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Mix spice cake mix, pumpkin puree, chocolate chips, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, and white sugar in a large bowl until just combined. Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place 1 inch apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 11 to 13 minutes.
• Mix confectioners' sugar, milk, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until smooth, adding more milk if needed. Drizzle sugar mixture over warm cookies.

CHOCOLATE-SPICE COOKIES (BASLER BRUNSLI)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Line several baking sheets with aluminum foil.
• In a food processor, process the almonds and 1 cup powdered sugar until the almonds are powder-fine but not oily; stop the processor and scrape down the sides several times.
• Add the cocoa powder, cinnamon, cloves, and chocolate; continue processing until the chocolate is finely ground.
• Add the remaining 1/2 cup powdered sugar, the almond extract, and egg whites; process until the mixture is blended and just forms a mass.
• Set the dough aside for 5 to 10 minutes to stiffen slightly.
• Generously dust a work surface with powdered sugar. If the dough seems too soft to roll out easily, dust it with more sugar and knead until the consistency is manageable, but avoid adding any more sugar than absolutely necessary.
• Roll out the dough to 1/4-inch thickness, lifting it with a spatula frequently and re-dusting the surface and rolling pin with powdered sugar to prevent sticking.
• Cut out the cookies using a 2 1/4-inch heart-shaped (or similar) cutter.
• Use a spatula to transfer the cookies to the prepared baking sheets, about 1 inch apart.
• Bake the cookies for 9 to 12 minutes or until almost firm on top and slightly puffy.
• Let them stand on the foil lined baking sheets until completely cooled. Peel from the foil.
• Store airtight for 3 to 4 days. Freeze, airtight, for longer storage.

BASLER BRUNSLI (CHOCOLATE ALMOND SPICE COOKIES)

Steps:

• In a food processor combine almonds with 1 1/2 cups sugar and pulse until ground fine (do not overprocess or mixture will become warm and melt chocolate when added). Add chocolate and pulse until ground fine. Add spices and pulse twice. Add whites and pulse until mixture forms a stiff dough, adding 1 teaspoon water if necessary. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or foil. On a surface coated with additional sugar press out or roll dough about 1/4 inch thick. With bottom of fork held facing down and tines touching dough at 60-degree angle, score dough about 1/16 inch deep by pulling fork across in a series of parallel vertical lines. With a 2-inch heart-, star-, and/or clover-leaf-shaped cutter cut out cookies and transfer to prepared baking sheets. Press dough scraps together and cut out more cookies in same manner. Let cookies stand, uncovered, at room temperature 3 hours. Preheat oven to 325° F. Put cookies in oven and immediately reduce temperature to 300° F. Bake cookies, switching position of sheets in oven halfway through baking, 10 to 15 minutes, or until they are just firm (do not overbake or cookies will be hard), and cool on sheets on racks. Keep cookies in an airtight container up to 2 weeks.

PUMPKIN SPICE, CHOCOLATE CHIP PUDDING COOKIES

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and pumpkin spice pudding mix- set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with paddle attachment, cream together (on medium speed) butter and both sugars until fluffy (about 5 minutes). Then add eggs, one at time, followed by vanilla and honey. Scrape down sides. Then reduce to low speed and add dry ingredients. Combine until just incorporated. Finally fold in chocolate chips . Line baking sheet with baking mat, aluminum foil, parchment or wax paper. Scoop out 1 1/2-2 inch, cookie dough balls onto sheet (roll between the palm of your hands for a nice round shape). Space the cookies 2 inches apart. Slightly flatten the cookies using the palm of your hand. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.

CHOCOLATE-DRIZZLED SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Into a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, and ginger; set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine butter and sugar. Starting on low speed and increasing to high, beat until mixture is light and creamy, about 2 minutes; scrape down sides of bowl once with a rubber spatula.
• Beat in eggs one at a time on medium speed, scraping down sides of bowl after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Add molasses; mix until just combined. Scrape down sides of bowl; add flour mixture. Starting on low speed and increasing to medium-high, beat until just combined.
• Transfer dough to a clean work surface. Divide into four equal pieces, and roll each into a 2-inch-thick log. Wrap each log in parchment paper or plastic wrap, and refrigerate until firm, at least 4 hours or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Remove logs from refrigerator, and unwrap. Slice logs into 1/4-inch-thick rounds. Place rounds on parchment-lined baking sheets. Chill in freezer or refrigerator until firm, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Bake cookies until slightly cracked on top, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from oven; let cool on baking sheets 2 minutes, then transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Melt chocolate in a medium heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water, stirring until smooth. Transfer to a large resealable plastic bag. Snip the tip off one corner of the bag to make a very small opening. Place the wire rack with the cookies on a sheet of parchment paper or a rimmed baking sheet. Holding bag about 5 inches above cookies, drizzle chocolate in a zigzag motion until cookies are covered. Let stand until chocolate has set, 2 to 3 hours.

PENZEY'S CHOCOLATE SPICE DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Sift the flour into a large bowl.
• Cut the shortening in with a knife.
• Add sugar, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa, and nuts.
• Mix well.
• Add milk gradually and mix thouroughly.
• Drop dough by teaspoon 1 1/2 inches apart on a large, greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.
• Let cookies cool before frosting.
• Frosting:.
• Mix all ingredients together until smooth.
• Frost cooled cookies.

CHOCOLATE SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Set racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.
• Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl and set aside.
• In another mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar together with a large rubber spatula. Beat in the applesauce and molasses.
• Stir in the dry ingredients to make a soft dough.
• Drop tablespoons of the dough (or use a small ice cream scoop) an inch apart on the prepared pans.
• Bake the cookies for about 10 minutes, changing the position of the pans about halfway through the baking. Exchange the top pan and the bottom and also turn them back to front at the same time. The cookies will still be fairly moist when they are done. Avoid overbaking them or they will be dry and hard.
• Slide the papers from the pans to racks to cool the cookies.

CHOCOLATE SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and shortening, add the buttermilk, and mix until creamy. Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, cloves and cinnamon; stir into the creamed mixture. Then stir in the soaked raisins and pecans. By the time you are this far along, you may find it easier to mix with your hands.
• Roll the dough into 1 inch balls and place them on the cookie sheet and flatten slightly. Bake for 7 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Watch carefully as the bottoms tend to burn easily.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt, pepper, and baking soda; set aside.
• Place unsweetened chocolate, 1 cup semisweet chips, and butter in a medium heatproof bowl set over (not in) a pan of simmering water. Cook until chocolate begins to melt, about 5 minutes. Stir until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is smooth. Remove from heat and let cool 3 minutes.
• Add sugars and, with a rubber spatula, stir until sugars dissolve, about 4 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, stirring well after each addition. Stir in vanilla. With spatula, fold in flour mixture just until flour is absorbed. Fold in remaining semisweet chocolate chips.
• Scoop dough by level 1/4-cupfuls onto baking sheets, 3 inches apart. Bake until cookies are set at edges but still soft in center, 11 minutes (do not overbake), rotating sheets halfway through.
• Let cookies cool on sheets on wire racks, 10 minutes, then transfer to racks to cool completely, 30 minutes. (Store cookies in an airtight container, up to 2 days.)

LOADED OATMEAL CHOCOLATE CHIP SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350°F.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together white flour, wheat flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground ginger, cloves, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl combine butter, with both sugars by creaming them. The easiest way to do this is with an electric mixer. Beat them on medium until they are light and fluffy.
• Into the large bowl add the vanilla extract, milk and eggs and beat on medium until all ingredients are mixed. Add in flour mixture and beat on medium again until all ingredients are mixed. Fold in oats, walnuts and chocolate chips.
• Scoop out 2 tablespoons of dough and shape into a ball. Place it onto a lightly greased cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining dough, spacing them 2 inches apart.
• Place cookie sheet in oven and bake for 10-15 minutes depending on you oven. If you like soft cookies shoot for around 12 or 13 minutes. If you them chewy shoot for 14 or 15 minutes.
• Remove cookies from the oven and let cool.

CHOCOLATE SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Butter two cookie sheets.
• Sift the flour, cocoa, nutmeg, baking powder, and salt into a medium bowl.
• Beat the butter, and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on high speed until creamy. Add the egg yolk, beating until just blended.
• Mix in dry ingredients.
• Drop teaspoons of dough 1 inch apart on cookie sheet.
• Bake for 12-15 min, or until firm around the edges.
• Transfer to racks to cool.
• Enjoy!