Spicy Chocolate Chip Cookies

⏱ 31 mins 🍽 60 cookies 🏷 Drop Cookies

These chocolate chip cookies feature a delightful blend of warm spices, including cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves, for a unique flavour. The recipe yields 60 cookies and involves creaming shortening with sugars, incorporating eggs and a spiced flour mixture, then folding in chocolate chips and walnuts. The dough is dropped by the tablespoon onto baking sheets and baked until just golden. Allow them to cool briefly on the sheet before transferring to a rack.

Spicy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

  • 2 1/4 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Method

  1. Set your oven to heat to 375°.
  2. Combine the initial six ingredients in a bowl and set this mixture aside.
  3. Beat the shortening, both sugars and vanilla extract together until thoroughly combined.
  4. Introduce the eggs individually, ensuring each is fully incorporated before adding the next.
  5. Gradually mix in the reserved flour mixture, beating until well blended.
  6. Fold the chocolate chips and chopped walnuts into the dough manually.
  7. Place tablespoon-sized portions of dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
  8. Bake the cookies for 9 to 11 minutes, until they just begin to turn brown.
  9. Let the cookies rest on the baking sheet for two minutes, then move them to a wire rack to finish cooling.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium63900 mg

Recipe details

CategoryDrop Cookies
AuthorMarie