Uncle Ben's Recipe ★ Spiced Rice Cookies with Mexican Chocolate

Delicious cookies with rice and Mexican chocolate.

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• ¾ cup white sugar
• ¾ 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
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 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

Cooking Directions

1. Beat butter, white sugar, and brown sugar together in a bowl until fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
2. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and cayenne pepper in a separate bowl.
3. Mix the dry ingredients into the butter mixture. Stir in cooked rice, chopped walnuts, and chopped chocolate.
4. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease cookie sheet.
6. Roll dough into walnut size balls; arrange on cookie sheets, about 12 per sheet.
7. 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.

Nutrition Facts

• calories198.5
• carbohydrateContent24.8 g
• cholesterolContent28.7 mg
• fatContent10.6 g
• fiberContent1 g
• proteinContent2.6 g
• saturatedFatContent5 g
• sodiumContent146.8 mg
• sugarContent14.5 g