Chipotle Crackle Cookies Recipe

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I usually bake these special cookies for the holidays, but my family loves them so I bake them for their birthdays. The addition of ground chipotle chili pepper gives these cookies a little zing. The dough may be sticky so I dip my hands in confectioners' sugar for easier handling. —Gloria Bradley, Naperville, Illinois

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Chipotle Crackle Cookies Recipe

Prep: 25 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch

Yield: 30 Servings

25 10 35

Ingredients

2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup canola oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon toasted wheat germ
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground chipotle pepper
1/4 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
1/3 cup confectioners' sugar

Directions

In a large bowl, beat the eggs, sugar, oil and vanilla until combined. Add melted chocolate. Combine the flour, wheat germ, baking powder, salt and chipotle pepper. Gradually add to egg mixture and mix well. Fold in chocolate chips. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
Place confectioners' sugar in a small bowl. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; roll in confectioners' sugar. Place 2 in. apart on baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: 2-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 85 calories, 4 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 14 mg cholesterol, 35 mg sodium, 13 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch, 1/2 fat.

Originally published as Chipotle Crackle Cookies in Healthy Cooking December/January 2013, p72