Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies!!!

Well, it's that time of the year...

Christmas Cookie Time!

Last year I heard of this FABULOUS drink: Mexican Hot Chocolate!! Cinnamon & Chocolate- my favorite combination-evahhhhhhh! So good! When I saw this recipe for Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies, I knew I had to have them!

1st gather your supplies, then WASH your hands!:

1 cup flour

1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon brown sugar

1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon granulated sugar

6 tablespoons of margarine softened (I used REAL butter because I don't eat food that's 1 molecule away from plastic... but that's just me!)

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Generous pinch of ground BLACK pepper (it's TRUE!)

Generous pinch of Cayenne pepper (NO, I'm serious!!)

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 an overripe banana or... i used a MOTT's mango peach apple sauce (for once I didn't have a rotten banana sitting around- the apple sauce worked just fine!!)

pre-heat your oven to 350

Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda & salt in a med bowl. Mix thoroughly with a whisk. Set aside.

Combine the sugars in a small bowl & mix well with fingers pressing out any lumps. ( I hope you store your brown sugar in the freezer, for some reason mine wasn't & it was like a chunk of rock & when i tried to break it up it flew EVERYWHERE... i found pieces of it in my bra...

moving on...)

In a med. mixing bowl, beat margarine/butter until creamy. Add sugar mixture, cinnamon, peppers, & vanilla. Beat on high for about 1 min. Beat in banana or applesauce.

Add the flour mixture. Beat on low speed just until incorporated. Roll into 1 inch balls & place on greased cookie sheet. Bake 12-14 min. Cool on a wire rack.

Lick the whisk (NO RAW EGGS!!)

Wash your hands then-

Eat till you puke!

Chocolaty & Spicy!!

Hope you ❤❤❤ these!

Recipe from Jan Holst/Penasee Globe.