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Submitted by bbstein

Christmas chocolate cookies with unsweetened chocolate, brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves, and chopped nuts. A flourless-light, brownie-textured holiday drop cookie spiced for the season.

YIELD

24 servings

PREP

15 min

COOK

20 min

READY

40 min

These are old-school Christmas cookies in the German lebkuchen tradition, dense and brownie-like with deep unsweetened chocolate, warm holiday spice, and a generous load of chopped nuts in every bite.

The technique is barebones, no creaming, no chilling. Just beat eggs until foamy, fold in brown sugar, spices, nuts, and flour, then stir in the melted chocolate. The flour stays light at one cup against a half pound of chocolate, which is why these cookies bake up fudgy and rich rather than cakey.

A hit of cinnamon and ground cloves gives them that unmistakable Christmas-cookie-tin warmth, the kind of scent that fills a kitchen and feels like the holiday season itself. Bake them as drop cookies for the traditional shape, or spread the batter into a jelly-roll pan and cut into squares for a brownie-style result.

Pro Tips

  • Beat the eggs really well until they triple in volume, this is your only leavening
  • Use good unsweetened baker’s chocolate, not chips. The flavor depth makes the cookies
  • The low oven (300°F / 150°C) is intentional, higher heat dries them out
  • Store in a tin with a slice of apple to keep them chewy for days

Variations

  • Use chopped walnuts, pecans, or hazelnuts depending on what’s in the pantry
  • Add a teaspoon of orange zest for a citrus-chocolate spin
  • Drizzle with a quick powdered sugar glaze once cooled for a snowy holiday finish

Ingredients

3 3
LARGE LARGE EGGS
½ 226.8
1 453.6
POUND G BROWN SUGAR
½ 226.8
POUND G NUTS
cut
1 5
TEASPOON ML CINNAMON
1 237
¼ 1.3
TEASPOON ML CLOVES

Directions

Melt chocolate.

Beat eggs ‘til foamy. Add sugar, spices, nuts and flour.

Then add melted chocolate.

Drop from spoon onto a well greased pan and bake at 300℉ (150℃). for 15 minutes.

You can also spread the batter about ½ inch thick in a jelly-roll pan.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 49g (1.7 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 208 51% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 12g 18%
Saturated Fat 4g 19%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 26mg 9%
Sodium 19mg 1%
Total Carbohydrate 9g 9%
Dietary Fiber 2g 10%
Sugars g
Protein 8g
Vitamin A 1% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 4% Iron 15%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
Trans-fat Free, Very low in sodium, Low Sodium
 

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