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Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies

These Mexican hot chocolate cookies are chocolate-y, chewy and spicy. They are the perfect to enjoy during this nippy season.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Chilling Time 30 minutes
Total Time 57 minutes
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 20 cookies

Equipment

  • 2 Mixing Bowls
  • 1 Baking/Cookie Sheet
  • 1 Silicone or Mixing Spatula

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ¼ cup All Purpose Flour
  • ¾ cup Cocoa Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • ⅛ - ¼ teaspoon Chili Powder keep it ⅛ teaspoon if you just want a hint of spice
  • 1 ½ teaspoon Cinnamon Powder
  • ⅛ teaspoon Cayenne Powder use a pinch or skip it if looking to keep it less spicy
  • ⅛ Nutmeg Powder

Wet Ingredients

  • ⅓ cup Apple sauce
  • ½ cup Vegan Butter or Coconut Oil softened or melted
  • ½ cup Granulated Sugar
  • ½ cup Brown Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract or Essence

Other Ingredients and optional toppings

  • 1 cup Chocolate Chips/ Chunks or both
  • ½ cup Vegan Mini Marshmallows/Nuts/Crushed Peppermint Candy/M&Ms etc optional

Instructions
 

  • In one bowl, sift all the dry ingredients and whisk together until combined. In another bowl, mix the softened or melted butter and apple sauce until well combined. Now add the granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla and mix well.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredient bowl and mix by folding. Mix until the dry ingredients are almost combined since we don't want to over mix. Add the chocolate chips and other optional ingredient like nuts, candy cane pieces, M&Ms(don't mix in marshmallows). Again mix until just combined. Chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes .
  • Preheat the oven to 350 deg F. Scoop out 3 tablespoon of cookie dough and roll them in to fairly equal sized balls. If using marshmallows, just gently press them on the top. Place the rolled out cookie dough on the cookie sheet, ensuring there is at least 2 inches of space between them.
  • Bake for 12-13 minutes or until the cookies are done. Depending on your oven and the size of the cookies, you might need a minute less or more.
  • Remove from the heat and let it cool for 10 minutes before serving.

Notes

  1. Add more or leave out ingredients like cayenne depending on how spicy you want the cookies to be and also if you are planning to make it for children. You can also keep the chili powder at a minimum for just a hint of heat. 
  2. Fell free to play around with different ingredients to mix in like nuts, M&Ms, peppermint candies, marshmallows, white chocolate chips etc.