Holiday Cookie of Your Dreams | Sweet Heat with Rick Martinez | Food52

Food52’s Resident Sugar Man Rick Martinez brings a little #SweetHeat to the holidays with rich chocolate-covered marranitos (also known as puerquitos, chochitos, or cochis). These delicious pig-shaped gingerbread cookies have a deep cocoa flavor, creamy texture from the milk chocolate, and gentle heat from chile de arbol and allspice. Undoubtedly this treat will win any cookie swap! GET THE RECIPE ►► https://f52.co/3mcIrxw

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VIDEO CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:29 So what's in this pig?
00:03:25 Your cookie equipment
00:05:24 Mix it all up
00:07:48 Let's roll
00:12:43 Deck out the piggies

PREP TIME: 3 hours 45 minutes
COOK TIME: 30 minutes
MAKES: about 30 pigs

INGREDIENTS

Cookies
3 3/4 cups (468 grams) all-purpose flour
1 cup (140 grams) whole wheat flour
1/2 cup (42 grams) Dutch processed cocoa
2 teaspoons ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground chile de arbol or cayenne
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup (227 grams) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup (214 grams) grated or granulated piloncillo or dark brown sugar
2/3 cup robust-flavored (dark) molasses
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
2 large eggs, at room temperature
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste

Chocolate Dip
1 1/2 cups (255 grams) dark or bittersweet chocolate wafers or chocolate chips
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
Sprinkles, candied ginger, crushed candy canes, edible glitter, edible gold leaf, for decorating

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