Name: Chocolate Spice Cookies
Yield: Makes about 36 cookies
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (spoon flour into dry-measure cup and level off); 1/3 cup alkalized (Dutch process) cocoa powder; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted; 1 cup sugar; 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce; 1/4 cup molasses; 2 cookie sheets or jelly-roll pans lined with parchment or foil

Editor's note: The recipe and introductory text below are from Nick Malgieri's and David Joachin's Perfect Light Desserts. To read Epicurious's review of the cookbook, click here.

These moist, chewy cookies are so good, it's hard to believe that they're low in calories and fat. Many thanks to my friend and cookbook dealer Bonnie Slotnick for sharing the recipe.

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