Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies
Cookies
1½ cups flour or 1½ cups Bob’s Red Mill 1 to 1 Gluten Free flour or 1½ cups of your favorite GF flour blend + ¾ tsp xanthan gum (omit if your flour blend already contains)
½ cup GF cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
2 tsp GF cornstarch
¼ tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp cayenne pepper (or up to ¾ tsp – if you are brave & like quite a kick with every bite)
½ tsp chili powder
½ cup unsalted butter, melted (if you only have salted butter, just omit the salt)
¾ cup brown sugar
¼ cup white sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp GF vanilla
1 cup mini or regular size chocolate chips (I use the mini)
Coating
¼ cup white sugar
½ tsp cinnamon
In medium bowl whisk together flour, xanthan gum (if using), cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, cornstarch, salt, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, & chili powder. Set aside.
On medium speed beat together butter, brown sugar & white sugar until well combined.
Add egg & vanilla & continue beating until completely combined & creamy.
On low speed (or the cocoa will make a mess!) add dry ingredients. Mix until just combined.
Fold in chocolate chips.
In a small flat bowl combine white sugar & cinnamon for coating.
Shape dough into balls (about 1½ tbsp each).
Place in bowl with coating & turn to coat entire ball.
Place on baking sheet covered with parchment paper.
I flatten the cookies with the bottom of a glass because when using GF flour, they don’t flatten out at all. But you can also leave them as balls – just bake them 2-5 minutes longer.
Bake at 350° for about 10 minutes. The cookies should be slightly firm & the top should be a little cracked. (Try not to over bake or they will be a little dry.)
Flattened version on the left, ball version on the right.
Cool on baking sheet for 2-5 minutes before moving to wire rack to finish cooling.
Notes:
This recipe is based on one from marshasbakingaddiction.com/mexican-hot-chocolate-cookies. Thanks Marsha!
These cookies have a little heat, so they are perfect with a nice cold glass of milk or vanilla ice cream! My taste-tester are not big on spicy, so they thought the amount of kick was just about right. But feel free to turn up the heat with more cayenne pepper if that’s your preference!