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Chewy Chocolate-Cinnamon Cookies

These cookies combine chocolate and cinnamon flavors with a chewy texture.

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Why it works: Vanilla and cocoa work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 357 recipes. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

Chewy Chocolate-Cinnamon Cookies

Oven350°F
Time9 to 10 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the dough

  1. Heat oven to 350°F.

  2. Spray cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray.

  3. Beat butter until creamy. Add brown sugar and 3 tablespoons granulated sugar, then beat until blended.

  4. Add egg, baking soda, corn syrup and vanilla. Beat well.

  5. Stir together flour and cocoa. Beat into butter mixture.

  6. If batter becomes too stiff, use wooden spoon to stir in remaining flour.

  7. Cover. Refrigerate about 30 minutes, if necessary, until batter is firm enough to shape.

Shape and coat

  1. Shape dough into 1-inch balls.

  2. Combine 1/4 cup granulated sugar and cinnamon. Roll balls in mixture.

  3. Place balls 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheet.

Bake and cool

  1. Bake 9 to 10 minutes or until cookies are set and tops are cracked.

  2. Cool slightly. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

934Calories
24 gProtein
28 gFat
145 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Syrupnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Vanilla + cocoatop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together357 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  2. Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,842 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Corn + vanillatop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,943 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  5. Butter + flourtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Butter or margarine
Creams with sugar to give the cookies tenderness and richness.
Light brown sugar
Adds moisture and molasses flavor, keeping the cookies soft and chewy.
Egg
Binds the dough and adds structure as it sets in the oven.
Baking soda
Reacts with acid in the dough to produce gas, helping the cookies rise and spread.
All-purpose flour
Provides the structure that holds the cookie shape as it bakes.
Cocoa
Supplies chocolate flavor and deep color to the dough.

The step that matters

Stir in the flour gently and chill if needed. Overmixing flour develops gluten and makes cookies tough, while a firm, cool dough holds its shape instead of spreading too much in the oven.

Swap the cocoa

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, sugar, egg, corn, syrup, vanilla, flour):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Chestnutfits better
  3. Hazelnutfits better
  4. Cocoathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, sugar, egg, corn, syrup, vanilla, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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