Double Chocolate Pepper Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cream butter and both sugars until fluffy.
• Add eggs and blend well.
• Add cayenne, cocoa, baking soda and salt and blend very well. It's important to blend this stage completely so that heat is evenly distributed.
• Add flour and blend.
• Fold in chips.
• Refrigerate for one hour.
• Drop teaspoonfuls onto lightly greased cookie sheet.
• Bake 10-12 minutes.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, vanilla and chipotle pepper. Combine flour, cocoa, cinnamon, salt, baking soda and cayenne; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in chopped candy. Chill until easy to handle, about 1 hour., Preheat oven to 350°. Roll into 1-1/2-in. balls; place 4 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until set, 10-12 minutes. Cool 4 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

Steps:

• Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
• Beat the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl on medium-high speed until fluffy. Add the vanilla and egg and beat to combine.
• Whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and beat until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
• Scoop slightly mounded tablespoons of the dough and roll into balls. Arrange about 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, position oven racks in the top and bottom thirds of the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Sprinkle and press some of the crushed peppermint candies on top of each mound of chilled dough. Bake until the cookies are set and golden on the bottom, 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool on the baking sheets for 10 minutes, then transfer to racks to cool completely.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a small bowl, sift together the dry ingredients. Cream the butter in the bowl of a stand-mixer with paddle attachment until smooth, about 1 to 2 minutes. Add sugar to butter and beat until smooth, about 2 minutes, scraping down sides once or twice. Add vanilla and eggs and beat until incorporated, about 1 minute. Add the sifted dry ingredients in three equal batches, beating until incorporated after each addition. (Dough will be a little sticky but stiff.) Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased cookie sheet. Top each cookie with a chunk of semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate (or 5 or 6 chips). Bake for 9 to 11 minutes until firm to the touch. Allow to cool to the touch before sampling, preferably with a glass of rich red wine! (Cool for several hours on a rack to allow the chocolate on top to set before stacking to store. Can be made several days in advance.)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a medium bowl, cream together the margarine, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Sift in the flour, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder; mix well. Stir in the chocolate chips. Roll tablespoonfuls of cookie dough into balls and place them 1 inch apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.