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These chocolate cookies are really good. The addition of cinnamon and cayenne gives them their unique flavor. If you want a good chocolate cookie with a hint of spice, you might like these.
This recipe is based upon The Beach House Kitchen’s Mexican Chocolate Sandwich Cookies with dulce the leche filling.
Ingredients
- Flour – 2 cups/ 250 gram
- Sugar – 1 cup/ 210 gram
- Butter – 113 gram
- Egg or flax egg – 2
- Cacao Powder – 1/2 cup/ 60 gram
- Cinnamon – 1 teaspoon
- Salt – a bit less than 1 teaspoon
- Cayenne Pepper – 3/4 teaspoon
- Baking Soda – 1 teaspoon
- Vanilla Extract – 1 teaspoon
They also are great with a bit of dulche de leche on top.
Method
- Pre-heat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit/ 180 degrees Celsius.
- Melt the butter for 20 seconds in the microwave, so it’s a bit softer. In a medium to large bowl combine the butter and sugar.
- Then add the eggs and vanilla extract and mix for a little bit.
- Now add the flour, cacao powder, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, salt and baking soda and mix until well combined.
- Make small balls form the dough and place on the baking sheet. Then bake for about 14-15 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let cool down.
Oooh, I just love when chocolate is mixed with a hint of spice, especially a spicier pepper. I will definitely have to try these at some point!
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I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from these cookies at first, but the cinnamon and hint of cayenne pepper really adds something. It’s not too spicy, but you do notice it.
I saw someone make hot cocoa with pepper spices and didn’t think it sounded good, but it tasted fantastic. I would definitely try these chocolate cookies. Thanks for sharing about them, Lola!
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I wans’t sure about how these would taste at first either, but it ended up working great. The cayenne just adds a little bit of spice that really works in these cookies.
I love cinnamon but I am not sure about the spicy however I wouldn’t be against trying it. 🙂
Thanks for the recipe Lola! I am going to pin it for later!
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It’s just a bit of spicyness and not too overwhelming, but it does really add something.
These sound delicious! You know I love cinnamon, and chocolate is good too, and I imagine the cayenne must give it an interesting extra bit of flavor! I also love dulce de leche, so that suggestions sounds great as well!
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Yes exactly! The cayenne adds just that little hint of spice that really adds to the flavor and chocolate and cinnamon is always good!
Those cookies look very yummy!! I am not a fan of cinnamon and I can imagine Cayenne Pepper is an unusual combination in sweets (although popular), but I’d be tempted to try one. 😉
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You could probably skip the cinnamon if you don’t like that. The cayenne adds just a hint of spicy that really adds something to these cookies.
Oh yum, these look so good. I don’t know if I’ve used cayenne pepper in much, but I’ve heard it’s good on popcorn too! 🙂 I really love peanut butter blossoms, in terms of cookies to make. Super easy but so so good.
-Lauren
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I usually use cayenne pepper in curries, but it worked great in these cookies as well. I hand’t heard of it eating it on popcorn, might have to try that once. I made peanut butter cookies today, but I’ll have to look up what peanut butter blossoms are.
Oo that looks so good!! You’re making me hungry over here and I don’t really eat sweets anymore lol. When I do bake cookies though my favorite to make are peanut butter cookies. They are so easy to make and a favorite of mine and all 3 of my kids. 🙂
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I just baked peanut butter cookies today! They are so good!
How did you like these? I never would’ve thought to add cinnamon or cayenne to chocolate cookies, much less both of them.
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They turned out great. The cinnamon, cayenne and chocolate made for a great combination. They taste like chocolate cookies with cinnamon and just a hint of spice.