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Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies

Charlotte Rutledge · kingarthurbaking.com · Original Recipe

These gingerbread cookies have all the chew of your favorite molasses cookie and, for an added bonus, surprise you with bursts of melted chocolate. We like them served warm from the oven, but they'll

3

chewiness

2

crispiness

2

cakeyness

3

thickness

4

spread

2

richness

3

sweetness

2

complexity

balancedclassic

Ingredients

king arthur unbleached all-purpose flour(270g)2.25 cup (281g)
baking soda1 tsp (6g)
king arthur gingerbread spice3.5 tsp (11g)
table salt0.5 tsp (2g)
king arthur triple cocoa blend(or Dutch-process cocoa)1 tbsp (9g)
unsalted butter(113g, at room temperature)8 tbsp (114g)
dark brown sugar(106g, packed)0.5 cup (70g)
molasses(170g)0.5 cup (170g)
semisweet mini chocolate chips(170g)1 cup (170g)
swedish pearl sugar(71g)5 tbsp (45g)
Total dough weight877g

Process

Mixing
creaming
Butter
room temp
Eggs
none
Bake Temp
350°F (177°C)
Bake Time
12-14 min
Chill
None
Yield
~31 cookies
Sheet Prep
parchment

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 2.7. 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:Fat2.48 (88th percentile)
Flour:Sugar0.99 (19th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar1.56 (71th percentile)
Egg:Flour0 (11th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour0.64 (32th percentile)
Fat %13.0 (26th percentile)
Sugar %32.5 (97th percentile)
Hydration0 (8th percentile)
Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

2.48

Flour:Sugar

0.99

Brown:White Sugar

1.56

Egg:Flour

0

Chocolate:Flour

0.64

Fat %

13.0

Sugar %

32.5

Flour %

32.1

Hydration

0