GINGERBREAD MOCHA COOKIE CUPS

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This gingerbread cookie recipe has been in my family for a long time. I wanted to do something creative with it and add a 'few of my favorite things' so I decided to make these easy and cute cookie cups. Boy were they the talk of the party! Who doesn't love gingerbread this time of year? Adding a touch of mocha filling, whipped...

Provided by Rozanne James-Gooding

Categories     Cookies

Time 30m

Number Of Ingredients 14

1/2 c butter, softened
1 c brown sugar
1/2 c molasses
2 eggs
2 Tbsp milk
3 c all purpose flour
2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp sea salt
MOCHA FILLING
1 c chocolate chips
3 Tbsp hot coffee
WHIPPED CREAM
1/2 c melted caramels
1/2 c pieces of small pretzels for handles

Steps:

  • 1. Cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add molasses,egg, and milk then flour, ginger, and salt. Mix well.
  • 2. Preheat oven to 350. Using a mini muffin pan spray nonstick cooking spray in each hole then drop a tablespoon of dough into each muffin hole pressing around the the sides. Bake for 10 minutes. Cool completely.
  • 3. While cookies are baking melt chocolate chips and coffee. Gently press an indention into each cooled cookie and then spoon 1/2 teaspoon or so of mocha filling into each cookie. Top with whipped cream and drizzle Caramel on top. Use leftover caramel as adhesive to a small pretzel and attach as a handle to give cookies a 'cup' effect.

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