Chocolate Spice Cookies. In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, milk and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, cocoa, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder and cloves; gradually beat into creamed mixture. In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and shortening, add the buttermilk, and mix until creamy. Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, cloves and cinnamon; stir into the creamed mixture.
Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl and set aside.
Do not overbake.) Transfer cookies to a wire rack and let cool.
Fig cookies, Sesame cookies, Anise cookies and these, Chocolate Spice Cookies which steal the show every year!
You can cook Chocolate Spice Cookies using 13 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Chocolate Spice Cookies
- It's of Group 1.
- You need 1 cup of butter.
- You need 3/4 cup of granulated sugar.
- You need 3/4 cup of dark brown sugar.
- It's 1 tsp of salt.
- You need 1/2 tsp of nutmeg.
- Prepare 1 tsp of cinnamon.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of all spice or cloves.
- Prepare 1 medium of egg.
- You need 3/4 packages of Ghirardelli bittersweet chocolate chips.
- It's of Dry ingredients.
- You need 2 1/4 cup of flour.
- You need 1 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
Chewy Chocolate balls of unctuous delight. Flavored with Cinnamon and Nutmeg with bits of Raisin and Walnuts hidden inside, they are an all time favorite. Don't skip toasting the almond flour; it gives the cookies a fuller, deeper flavor. But don't forget to allow the almond flour to cool after toasting; if the flour is too hot when the egg whites are added, the whites will cook.
Chocolate Spice Cookies instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°f.
- Melt butter in a saucepan.
- Combine group 1 ingredients in a bowl and let cool 5-10 minutes..
- Mix in egg.
- Mix in dry ingredients. Dough should be sticky and not dry..
- Quickly mix in chocolate chips by hand.
- Hand roll cookies into 1 or 1.5 inch balls and place on cookie sheet.
- Bake 6.5 minutes.
- Let cool on rack for four minutes before removing..
- Tip: for consistent cookies refrigerate dough while waiting to bake next batch. This will slow the baking soda down..
These Italian Chocolate Spice Cookies can be enjoyed year-round with a cool, refreshing glass of milk. THANKS SO MUCH for following and being part of the She Loves Biscotti community where you will find Simple & Tasty Family-Friendly Recipes with an Italian Twist. Ciao for now, Grandma's Italian Chocolate Spice Cookies is on every holiday Christmas cookie tray every year without fail. I think just about everyone in Upstate New York especially in the Utica, New York area, makes these cookies for Christmas and wedding trays. These chocolate cookies have a sweet chocolate spiced flavor and a perfect fall flavored cookie.