Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Chocolate Pretzel Cookies

I tore this recipe out of the December issue of Family Circle magazine.  The kids and I made them last week when Caden had 2 snow days and no snow.  Too bad there aren't any left for Santa!

1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup roughly chopped mini pretzels, plus 30 whole pretzels for garnish

Heat oven to 350 degrees.  In a bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.  In another bowl, beat butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar for 2 minutes, until fluffy.  Beat in egg and vanilla extract until just combined.  Pour in flour mixture and beat on low until just combined.  Carefully fold in chocolate chips and chopped pretzels.

Drop tablespoonfuls of batter on baking sheets, spacing them about 2 inches apart.  Press down lightly to flatten.  Gently press a whole pretzel on top of each cookie.

Bake at 350 for 11 minutes.  Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

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