Spiced Rice Cookies With Mexican Chocolate

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
• 1 (8.8 ounce) pouch cooked and cooled uncle ben's® ready rice® basmati
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 3 tablets mexican chocolate (such as chocolate ibarra®), coarsely chopped

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Ready Time: 2 hrs


• beat butter, white sugar, and brown sugar together in a bowl until fluffy. beat in eggs and vanilla.
• combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and cayenne pepper in a separate bowl.
• mix the dry ingredients into the butter mixture. stir in cooked rice, chopped walnuts, and chopped chocolate.
• cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). lightly grease cookie sheet.
• roll dough into walnut size balls; arrange on cookie sheets, about 12 per sheet.
• bake in preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes. let cool on sheet 5 to 10 minutes; transfer to wire racks to cool completely.