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Chocolate Molasses Cookies

Chocolate Molasses Cookies

Yield: 36 cookies

Ingredients for cookies

Ingredients for vanilla icing

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Melt semisweet chocolate chips and unsalted butter in a heat-resistant bowl over a double boiler. Remove from heat to cool.
  2. In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt.
  3. Stir the dark brown sugar, beaten egg, molasses and vanilla extract into the cooled chocolate mixture. Add flour mixture, stir until just combined.
  4. Place the dough by tablespoon on a parchment lined baking sheet, two inches apart. Bake for 12 minutes or until tops begin to crack and cookies are still soft to the touch. Cool on the baking sheet for five minutes; transfer to wire rack.
  5. For the icing, mix the confectioners’ sugar, unsalted butter, and vanilla in a small bowl.  Add the milk one tablespoon at a time until it is spreading consistency.  Drop a tablespoon of the icing on each cookie and allow to dry. Be sure to have parchment paper underneath the wire rack to make clean up easier.