Spiced Nutty Cookie Crackle

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1/2 cup butter (unsalted preferred)
• 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate, broken in pieces
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 10 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1/2 cup ground pecans or 1/2 cup walnuts or 1/2 cup almonds

Recipe

• 1 set oven to 375°f.
• 2 prepare an ungreased non-stick 10x15-inch jellyroll pan.
• 3 in a large saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter.
• 4 add in the chocolate, ginger, cinnamon and black pepper.
• 5 remove from the heat, and stir until the chocolate has melted.
• 6 stir in the sugar, vanilla and egg until smooth.
• 7 stir in the flour; beat well.
• 8 pour, and scape the batter into an ungreased prepared jellyroll pan, and tilt the pan back and forth, allowing the batter to flow into a thin even layer across the pan.
• 9 scatter the ground nuts evenly over the top.
• 10 bake for 10 minutes, or until the layer is just set.
• 11 remove from the oven; cool on a rack for 20 minutes.
• 12 cut or break into 2 dozen rough-shaped pieces (as you would the same for nut brittle).