Chocolate Snaps Recipes

Steps:

• Melt chocolate chips over heat and let cool. Combine flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside. With an electric mixer set at medium-low speed, beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Add vanilla, corn syrup and egg and continue beating until well combined. Reduce mixer speed to low and beat in melted chocolate. Add flour mixture and continue beating until well combined.
• Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.
• Shape dough into approximately 1 inch balls and roll in additional sugar. Put on ungreased baking sheets about 1 inch apart. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) until edges are lightly browned, 10 to 15 minutes. Let stand on baking sheets 1 minute before removing to wire racks to cool.

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt.
• In a large bowl, beat the butter until creamy. Add the sugar, egg, water and vanilla. Beat on high speed for about 1 minute.
• Stir in the flour mixture until just incorporated.
• Chill dough for at least an hour.
• Preheat oven 350 degrees F.
• Roll 1/8 inch thcik. Use a round cutter to cut 2 1/4 inch circles. Place circles on lined baking sheets and bake for 17 minutes or until they start to smell and appear done.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter, brown sugar, and 2 cups sugar. Add eggs, vanilla, baking soda, unsweetened chocolate and salt. Add flour, mixing carefully and thoroughly. Place in a freezer ziploc bag and refrigerate for 2 hours.
• Take dough out of freezer. Place 1/4 cup sugar in a small bowl. Roll dough into little balls and roll into sugar. Place in greased cookie sheets and bake for 350 degrees F. for 8-12 minutes.
• Variation: Instead of unsweetened baking chocolate, use 3 tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa and 1 tablespoon oil for each ounce on unsweetened baking chocolate.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• and grease or spray a cookie sheet.
• In a large bown, mix together sugar, vegetable oil, and molasses.
• Combine remaining dry ingredients and stir until there are no more streaks.
• Add dry ingredients to sugar mixture and blend thoroughly.
• The mixture will be dry.
• Add just enough water, soy milk, or milk to form a very stiff dough.
• Drop by the heaping teaspoon onto the cookie sheet, leaving at least 1 1/2 inches between cookies, since they will expand.
• Bake for 10 minutes, then immediately transfer to a rack to cool.

Steps:

• Preheat oven 180°C.
• In a large mixing bowl cream sugar and margarine, beat in egg white.
• Add in coconut, chocolate chips, flour and milk, mix together.
• Fold in rice bubbles until ingredients are combined.
• Drop a dessert spoon of mixture onto baking tray that has been coated with cooking spray.
• Flatten each cookie.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool on a wire rack.

Steps:

• Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt margarine. Stir in cocoa, remove from heat and set aside to cool. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, 1 cup white sugar and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the cocoa mixture and the vanilla. Blend in the sifted ingredients to form a soft dough. Cover dough and refrigerate for at least an hour or two.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Roll chilled dough into 1 inch balls, roll them in the remaining sugar and place them 2 to 3 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Steps:

• Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt margarine.
• Stir in cocoa, remove from heat and set aside to cool.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, 1 cup white sugar and brown sugar until fluffy.
• Beat in the eggs, then stir in the cocoa mixture and the vanilla.
• Blend in the sifted ingredients to form a soft dough.
• Cover dough and refrigerate for 30 minutes to an hour.
• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Roll chilled dough into walnut-sized balls.
• Roll them into the sugar crystals and place them 2 to 3-inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes in the preheated oven.
• Take the cookies out of the oven once they look like they are starting to set.
• The key to making these cookies great is to not overbake them.
• Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Tip: Although I haven't made these cookies by rolling them in granulated sugar instead of sugar crystals, I don't see why that can't be done.
• If you don't have the crystals, go ahead and give rolling the cookies in granulated sugar a try!

Steps:

• Into a small bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt.
• In a stand mixer fitter with the paddle attachment (or in a bowl by hand), beat together the butter and the sugar on medium speed just until smooth. Add the vanilla, then beat in the egg and egg yolk.
• Gradually add the cocoa mixture to the butter mixture, mixing until completely incorporated and no streaks of butter remain.
• On a lightly floured work surface, divide the dough into quarters, and shape each quarter into a log about 7 inches (18 cm) long and 1 1/2 inches (4 cm) in diameter. Wrap the logs in plastic wrap and refrigerate until they're firm enough to slice, about 1 hour.
• Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven; preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Slice the logs into disks 1/2 inch (1.5 cm) thick and place the disks on the prepared baking sheets, spaced about 1/2 inch (1.5 cm) apart.
• Bake, rotating the baking sheets midway through baking, until the cookies are puffed and slightly firm, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and immediately sprinkle the cookies with a bit of sugar.
• Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets until firm enough to handle, then use a spatula to transfer them to a wire rack. They will continue to firm up and get "snappy" as they cool.
• The dough can be refrigerated for up to 5 days or frozen for up to 1 month. The baked cookies can be kept in an airtight container for 2 days.
• Instead of forming the dough into logs and slicing them, the dough can be rolled out and cut into shapes with cookie cutters.
• If you have coarse-crystal sugar, the sliced unbaked cookies can be dredged in them on one side, then baked sugar side up.

Steps:

• In a double boiler, melt chocolate chips. Remove from the heat. In a large bowl, cream shortening. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Beat in melted chocolate. Add egg, corn syrup and extracts; mix well. , Combine flour, baking soda and salt; stir into batter. Fold in candy. Shape into 1-in. balls and roll in sugar. Place 3 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. , Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes. Cool 5 minutes before removing to wire racks.

Steps:

• Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water. Line a large baking tray with baking parchment and mix the sugar with the peppermint essence. When the chocolate has melted, cool for 1 min, mix with the sugar, then pour into the tray. Spread to a very thin layer and chill until completely firm. Snap into shards to serve. Perfect as a garnish for puddings or with an after-dinner coffee.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in the molasses, water and gingerroot. Combine the flour, cocoa, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in chocolate. Cover and refrigerate until easy to handle, about 2 hours., Shape dough into 1-in. balls; roll in sugar. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. , Bake at 350° until tops begin to crack, 10-12 minutes. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks.