#isolationbaking recipe # 4 is for

Cocoa Molasses Chews

I love these!! You can also make them without the cocoa powder, just switching it out for the same amount flour.

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Now for the recipe

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Ingredients

12 tablespoons (175 grams) unsalted butter
1 cup (200 grams) granulated sugar
¼ cup (95 grams) molasses or treacle
1½ cups (200 grams) flour
¼ cup (25 grams) unsweetened cocoa powder
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg

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Gently rounded ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 large egg

Melt the butter, sugar and molasses in a small saucepan over low heat until melted and smooth, stirring to keep the sugar from burning and the whole homogenous. Remove from the heat and allow to cool a bit.

Stir the flour, cocoa powder, spices, salt and baking soda together.

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In a large mixing bowl, lightly beat the egg then, continuing to beat with a wooden spoon or whisk, gradually add the warm butter/sugar/molasses mixture in a slow, steady stream, whisking until smooth.

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Add the flour/spice mixture to the liquid mixture and stir together until blended and smooth. The batter will be wet.

Allow the batter to sit for about half an hour or so to thicken a bit.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).

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Drop tablespoons of the batter onto a baking sheet leaving 1 - 2 inches between each mound to allow for spreading.

Bake each batch for 10 - 12 minutes until puffed and beginning to darken; they will appear set but will still be soft.

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Remove from the oven and allow to rest on the cookie sheets for about 30 seconds to 1 minute to firm up slightly before carefully sliding a metal spatula under each cookie and lifting off. Allow to cool completely on cooling racks.

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