Recipe: Chocolate Wake-Me-Up Cookies
from Janet:
Chocolate Wake-Me-Ups:
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup cocoa powder
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
Cream butter, sugar, and vanilla. Cream in eggs. Add dry ingredients gradually. Add a little oil or applesauce if too dry, but a final mix with your hands will help.
Form into 1" balls. (This is a very sticky and messy dough, so have everything ready before you start, including something to scrape the last bits off the sides of the bowl!) Bake on ungreased cookie sheets about 1" apart, 375 for 10 minutes. (I did it on parchment paper this time, and I think it worked better.) They will feel very soft when done but will harden quickly. If desired, roll in powdered sugar while still warm.
Chocolate Wake-Me-Ups:
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup cocoa powder
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
Cream butter, sugar, and vanilla. Cream in eggs. Add dry ingredients gradually. Add a little oil or applesauce if too dry, but a final mix with your hands will help.
Form into 1" balls. (This is a very sticky and messy dough, so have everything ready before you start, including something to scrape the last bits off the sides of the bowl!) Bake on ungreased cookie sheets about 1" apart, 375 for 10 minutes. (I did it on parchment paper this time, and I think it worked better.) They will feel very soft when done but will harden quickly. If desired, roll in powdered sugar while still warm.