While the holidays can be fun and filled with festive cheer, it can also bring stress and anxiety. Join OCA National’s Senior Program Associate JaeHwi Shim and Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Center’s Alexandra Harrison on December 22, 2021 for an Instagram Live discussion on how to manage this stress while baking some special chewy gingerbread chocolate cookies!

See the recipe below if you want to follow along during the Instagram live:

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup dark-brown sugar, packed

• 1/4 cup unsulfured molasses

• 1 and 1/2 cups plus 1 tablespoon unbleached all-purpose flower

• 1 and 1/4 teaspoons ground ginger

• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

• 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

• 1 tablespoon unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder

• 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, room temperature

• 1 tablespoon grated peeled fresh ginger

• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• 1 and 1/2 teaspoons boiling water

• 7 ounces best-quality semisweet chocolate, cut into 1/4-inch chunks

• 1/4 cup granulated sugar

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