Chocolate Chili Cookies

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

1. Heat your oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and give the cookie sheets a light greasing.
2. In a large bowl, beat the butter with the brown sugar and granulated sugar until the mixture looks pale and airy. Add the eggs separately, beating after each one, then mix in the vanilla extract. Stir the flour, baking soda, salt, cocoa powder, cumin, and chili powder together; add the dry mixture to the creamed mixture gradually, stopping once everything is just blended. Scoop the dough in rounded teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
3. Bake in the heated oven for 8 to 10 minutes. Let the cookies rest on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.