These chocolate crinkles are easy to make, but do require chilling the dough for several hours before forming into cookies and baking. They have a strong chocolate taste and a dramatic black and white appearance. One recipe makes 3 to 4 dozen cookies.
Ingredients
- ½ cup (120 ml) vegetable oil
- 4 squares (4 oz / 115 g) unsweetened chocolate, melted
- 2 cups (480 ml) white granulated sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 tsp (10 ml) vanilla extract
- 2 cups (480 ml) all purpose flour
- 2 tsp (10 ml) baking powder
- ½ tsp (2.5 ml) salt
- 1 cup (240 ml) confectioners’ sugar
Procedure
- Mix oil, chocolate, and granulated sugar.
- Blend in one egg at a time until well mixed. Add vanilla.
- Stir flour, baking powder, and salt into chocolate mixture.
- Chill several hours or overnight.
- Heat oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Drop teaspoonfuls of dough into confectioners’ sugar.
- Roll in sugar; shape into balls.
- Place about 2 inches (5 cm) apart on greased baking sheet.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes.