Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients

1 stick unsalted butter
4 oz dark chocolate, chopped
1 cup packed light brown sugar
½ cup granulated sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1cup all purpose flour
½ cup Equal Exchange Organic Baking Cocoa
1 tbsp cinnamon
2 tsp chili powder
2 tsp ground cloves
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
2 tsp cayenne pepper
1 cup Equal Exchange Organic Semisweet Chocolate Chips

Directions

Preheat the oven to 325 F. Melt butter and dark chocolate together in the microwave and whisk until smooth. Cool the mixture to room temperature. Beat brown sugar, granulated sugar, vanilla and eggs until well combined. Pour in cooled chocolate and mix evenly. Sift together flour, baking cocoa, cinnamon, chili powder, cayenne pepper and salt.

Add dry ingredients to chocolate batter and mix until well combined. Fold in chocolate chips. Make balls out of the dough and place on a baking sheet.

Bake for 14 minutes. Remove cookies from baking sheet and let cool.

Yields 8-10 servings

Inspired by: http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/recipes/spicy-mexican-hot-chocolate-cook…