Gingerbread Mocha Cookie Cups Recipes

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.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flours, sugar, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. In another bowl, combine the egg, oil, applesauce and molasses; add to dry ingredients. Stir until dough forms a ball. Roll into 1-in. balls. Press onto the bottoms and up the sides of miniature muffin cups greased with cooking spray., Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For filling, in a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and vanilla until smooth; fold in whipped cream. Spoon 2 teaspoons into each cup.

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, spices, baking soda, and salt; set aside. With an electric mixer, beat butter and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in molasses and egg. With mixer on low, add dry ingredients; mix just until a dough forms. Place dough on floured plastic wrap; pat into an 8-inch square. Wrap well; chill until firm, 1 to 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Divide dough in half. Working with one half at a time (rewrap and refrigerate other half), place dough on floured parchment or waxed paper; roll out 1/8 inch thick, turning, lifting, and flouring dough (and rolling pin) as needed. Freeze dough (on paper) until firm, about 20 minutes.
• Loosen dough from paper. Cut out shapes, and transfer to baking sheets. Decorate with sugar or sprinkles, as desired.
• Bake until firm and edges just begin to darken, 10 to 18 minutes, depending on size. Cool completely on baking sheets.