Chewy Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies

Name: Chewy Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies
Cook time: 12 min
Yield: 28 cookies
Ingredients: 2.25 cup all-purpose flour; 0.25 cup dutch-process cocoa powder; 1 tsp baking soda; 1.25 tsp ground ginger; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 0.5 tsp fine sea salt; 0.25 tsp ground cloves; 0.25 tsp ground nutmeg; 1 stick unsalted butter; 1 tbsp peeled and grated fresh ginger; 0.5 cup lightly packed dark brown sugar; 0.5 cup unsulphured molasses; 1 each egg; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 8 oz semisweet chocolate chips; 0.5 cup granulated sugar

Tessa Arias · handletheheat.com · 2025 · Original Recipe

One of my ALL-TIME FAVORITE holiday cookie recipes, these Chewy Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies are perfectly spiced and stay soft for days. Easy 30-minute recipe with no chilling required.

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Ingredients

all-purpose flour(286 grams)2.25 cup (286g)

dutch-process cocoa powder(22 grams)0.25 cup (22g)

baking soda1 tsp (6g)

ground ginger1.25 tsp (4g)

ground cinnamon1 tsp (3g)

fine sea salt0.5 tsp (2g)

ground cloves0.25 tsp (1g)

ground nutmeg0.25 tsp (1g)

unsalted butter(113 grams)1 stick (113g)

peeled and grated fresh ginger1 tbsp (9g)

lightly packed dark brown sugar(100 grams)0.5 cup (100g)

unsulphured molasses(170 grams)0.5 cup (170g)

egg(at room temperature)1 each (50g)

vanilla extract1 tsp (4g)

semisweet chocolate chips(227 grams, (divided))8 oz (227g)

granulated sugar(100 grams)0.5 cup (100g)

Total dough weight1.1kg

Process

Mixing: creaming
Butter: room temp
Eggs: whole
Bake Temp: 325°F (163°C)
Bake Time: 10-12 min
Chill: None
Yield: ~28 cookies
Sheet Prep: parchment

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 3.1. Shows how many standard deviations each ratio diverges from the mean.

Percentile Rankings

Where this recipe falls compared to all 621 recipes in the dataset.

Flour:Fat2.53 (90th percentile)

Flour:Sugar0.77 (9th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar1.00 (60th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.17 (29th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour0.87 (48th percentile)

Fat %10.3 (15th percentile)

Sugar %33.7 (98th percentile)

Hydration0.17 (23th percentile)

Bake Temp325 (5th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

2.53

Flour:Sugar

0.77

Brown:White Sugar

1.00

Egg:Flour

0.17

Chocolate:Flour

0.87

Fat %

10.3

Sugar %

33.7

Flour %

26.1

Hydration