Chewy Chocolate Molasses Cookies

Preheat oven to 350 F.

In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter, sugar, eggs and molasses. Mix in melted chocolate. Set aside.

In a small mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients (everything else except the granulated sugar).

Add dry ingredients into the butter/chocolate mixture and mix to combine.

Put the granulated sugar in a shallow bowl.

Roll dough into 1-inch balls. Roll balls in the granulated sugar and place them onto a parchment paper or lightly greased baking sheet, leaving some space between each since they will spread and crack. Bake for 8-10 minutes, until cracks appear in the tops of the cookies. Remove them from the oven and cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.