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RECIPE: Chocolate Chocolate Chip Gingerbread Cookies

December 5, 2016 at 7:17 am · Filed under Christmas, Cookies-Cake-Pastry, Recipes

Chocolate Chip Ginger Cookies

Swedish Pearl Sugar

Mini Chocolate Chips

[1] Gingerbread cookies with two hits of chocolate: cocoa powder and chocolate chips. [2] Swedish pearl sugar, not to be confused with Belgian pearl sugar, which is much larger. [3] Don’t forget the mini chips! (Photos courtesy King Arthur Flour.)

  

How can you improve gingerbread?

Add chocolate chips, and a tablespoon of cocoa powder. Swedish pearl sugar adds a festive touch.

The cookies are soft and chewy, and are a delight served warm from the oven. They’ll keep for several days in an airtight container.

Prep time is 10 to 15 minutes, bake time is 10 to 12 minutes.

RECIPE: CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE CHIP GINGERBREAD COOKIES

Ingredients For 30-32 Cookies

  • 2-1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose baking cocoa, or Dutch-process cocoa
  • 1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup molasses
  • 1 cup semisweet mini mini chips
  • 5 tablespoons Swedish pearl sugar*

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    *The difference between Swedish pearl sugar and Belgian pearl sugar (they’re not interchangeable) and all types of sugar.
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    Preparation

    1. PREHEAT the oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper, or grease the sheets lightly.

    2. COMBINE the flour, baking soda, spices, salt, and cocoa. In a separate bowl, beat the butter with the sugar until light and creamy. Add the molasses and beat until combined.

    3. BEAT in the dry ingredients, then stir in the chips.

    4. SCOOP the dough a tablespoon at a time (a tablespoon cookie scoop works well here). Roll the top portion of each dough ball in the pearl sugar.

    5. PLACE the unbaked cookies 1-1/2″ apart, sugar side up, on the prepared baking sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until the cookie surface begins to crack.

    6. REMOVE from the oven, cool on the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer the cookies to a rack to cool completely.

     

      

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    Cute Snowman Cake or Snowman Cookies Recipe

    December 4, 2016 at 3:59 pm · Filed under Chanukah, Christmas, Cookies-Cake-Pastry, Food Fun, New Year's Eve

    Snowman Cake
    [1] What looks like a snowman cake is actually a stacked cookie from Lila Loa. But you can baked a three-layer cake instead, with graduated layers.

    Melted Snowman Cookies
    [2] Melting Snowman cookie. Here’s the recipe (photo © Pillsbury).

    		   If you don’t celebrate Christmas, Chanukah, or other year-end holiday, you can still have a special seasonal cake.

    Make one with a nonsectarian snowman or snowflake motif. These work for New Year’s Eve, too (perhaps with a sparkler or two).

    Snowmen are easier; snowflakes require some serious piping chops.

    This photo is actually a stacked cookie from Lila Loa. We love the idea.

    Just make three different sizes of gingersnaps or other flat cookie; ice them with royal icing, stack them and decorate them.

    But we needed a cake. So we baked and stacked three graduated cake layers.

    We made lemon pound cake* layers with coconut frosting (vanilla frosting topped with coconut).

    Of course, carrot cake, chocolate cake, red velvet or any flavor you prefer would be just as nice.
     
     
    MORE TASTY SNOWMEN

  • Snowman California Rolls (sushi)
  • Snowman Cheese Ball
  • Snowman Fruit Bowl
  • Melting Snowman Cookies
  • Snowman Cupcakes
  • Snowman Latte

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    *We wanted a dense, easy-to-cut cake rather than an airy one with a delicate crumb.

     

     
     
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    GIFT OF THE DAY: GelPro, The Most Comfortable Kitchen Mat

    December 4, 2016 at 2:14 pm · Filed under Giftable, Kitchenware-Tabletop

    Along with tidings of comfort and joy, give real comfort and joy with a GelPro Mat.

    It’s a super-cushy and comfortable floor mat, so amazing that we not only have one front of our kitchen sink and stove; we also have one in the bathroom. We don’t know how we’d live without it.

    We almost always have aching legs, knees, feet and/or back and find that GelPro is the most cushy and comfortable mat we can stand on.

    A panacea for the aches, it’s shock-absorbing, non-skid and easy to clean. Almost everyone who has passed through THE NIBBLE kitchen has purchased one. Once you stand on one, you have to have one. At least one!

    Even people with no aches and pains get a lift from standing on them. It’s the difference between standing on hard flooring and standing on pillows. You just don’t get tired standing on these mats.

    The mats are available in a variety of sizes (from 20″ x 36″ to 9’ long!), colors and and designs, plain to fancy. They start at $99.95, depending on size and design.

    Whatever the price, trust us: We’d pay anything for the comfort our GelPro mats provide.

    They also make life more comfortable in the fitness room, garage, grill area, laundry room and workbench.

    Whomever you give one to will be thanking you for a long time.
     
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    Head to GelPro.com.

    		   GelPro Kitchen Mat

    GelPro Kitchen Mat
    No matter how long you’ve been standing, a GelPro mat turns the floor into the cushiest pillow. Several sizes and numerous colors and designs are available (photos courtesy GelPro).
     
      

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