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Chewy Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies
Tessa Arias · handletheheat.com · 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.
2
chewiness
3
crispiness
2
cakeyness
3
thickness
4
spread
2
richness
4
sweetness
2
complexity
sweet
Ingredients
all-purpose flour(286 grams)2.25 cup (281g)
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 (70g)
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
- browned
- Eggs
- whole
- Bake Temp
- 325°F (163°C)
- Bake Time
- 10-12 min
- Chill
- None
- Yield
- ~28 cookies
- Sheet Prep
- parchment
Recipe Radar
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Outlier Profile
Uniqueness score: 3.0. Shows how many standard deviations each ratio diverges from the mean.
Percentile Rankings
Where this recipe falls compared to all 669 recipes in the dataset.
Flour:Fat2.49 (90th percentile)
Flour:Sugar0.83 (10th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar0.70 (36th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.18 (29th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour0.88 (52th percentile)
Fat %10.6 (15th percentile)
Sugar %32.0 (97th percentile)
Hydration0.18 (23th percentile)
Bake Temp325 (5th percentile)
Key Ratios
Flour:Fat
2.49
Flour:Sugar
0.83
Brown:White Sugar
0.70
Egg:Flour
0.18
Chocolate:Flour
0.88
Fat %
10.6
Sugar %
32.0
Flour %
26.5
Hydration
0.18