Iced Chocolate Waffle Cookies

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Yield:
4 dozen

These chocolate-cinnamon waffle cookies were made in a waffle iron, then dusted with confectioners' sugar.

Ingredients

  • 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped

  • 9 ounces (2 ¼ sticks) unsalted butter

  • 4 large eggs

  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

  • 1 ½ cups granulated sugar

  • ½ teaspoon salt

  • 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon

  • ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

  • Vegetable-oil cooking spray

  • ¼ cup confectioners' sugar, plus more for dusting

  • 4 ½ teaspoons milk

Directions

  1. Melt chocolate and 2 sticks butter in a small saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring. Let cool slightly.

  2. Put eggs, vanilla, and granulated sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle. Mix on medium speed until pale, 4 to 5 minutes. Mix in chocolate mixture, salt, cinnamon, 1/2 cup cocoa, and the flour.

  3. Heat a waffle iron until hot. Lightly coat grids with cooking spray. Spoon batter onto center of each waffle-iron square (rounds should be about 1 1/2 inches). Close cover; cook until set, about 1 1/2 minutes. Remove cookies with a fork; let cool, bottom sides up, on a wire rack. Repeat (coat grids with cooking spray each time).

  4. Melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter in a small saucepan. Add confectioners' sugar and the remaining 2 tablespoons cocoa; stir until smooth. Stir in milk.

  5. Gently dip surface of cookies in icing so waffle lines (not gaps) are coated. Let icing set, about 10 minutes. Using a fine sieve, dust with confectioners' sugar.

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