Chocolate Chip Chili Cookies

Yes, you did read it correctly - these biscuits have chili powder in them!! Try them and see what you think - I get a mixed reaction when I make them, but they are certainly a talking point, and you can taste the chili powder in them. Recipe comes from a NZ Home and Garden magazine with the title Sugar 'n Spice, Zesty Meals.

• Ready In: 33 mins
• Serves: 34

Ingredients

• 175  g butter
• 3⁄4 cup demerara sugar
• 1⁄4 cup caster sugar
• 1  egg
• 1  teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 3⁄4 cups flour
• 1⁄4 cup cocoa powder
• 1  teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 250  g chocolate chips
• 1⁄2 cup icing sugar
• 1  teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

1. Cream the butter and sugars.
2. Beat in the egg and vanilla essence.
3. Sift flour, cocoa, cinnamon, chili, ginger and baking soda into the creamed mixture, and mix.
4. Fold through the chocolate bits.
5. Take approximately a tablespoon of the mix and form it into a ball and then press down with fork, place on baking tray leaving a little room for spreading.
6. Bake for 15- 18 minutes at 350F Allow to cool slightly.
7. Sift the icing sugar and cinnamon into a bowl and toss the biscuits in the mixture one at a time and then put on a wire rack to cool.