Restaurant Recipes
Blue Ginger Ginger Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yield: about 80 cookies
Ingredients
- 5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons ground ginger
- 1 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons ground cloves
- 2 tablespoons ground nutmeg
- 1/4 cup cocoa
- 12 ounces unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup grated fresh ginger
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 cup molasses
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 2 tablespoons boiling water
- 1 1/4 pounds high-quality bittersweet chocolate, such as Callebaut, grated into chunks
- Superfine sugar, for garnish
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and cocoa.
- In a separate bowl, cream the butter and fresh ginger. Using an electric mixer, beat in the brown sugar and molasses.
- In a separate container, dissolve the baking soda in the boiling water.
- Add half the sifted ingredients to the butter mixture and mix until combined. Add the baking soda-water mixture and the remaining sifted ingredients. Mix well. Fold in the grated chocolate chunks.
- Roll out the dough into ropes about 1 inch in diameter. Coat the dough with the superfine sugar. Slice the ropes horizontally into discs and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Bake at 300 degrees F for 5 to 7 minutes, until just set.
- Remove from the oven and let cool.