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Chocolate Crinkles
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
- vegetable oil, 120 ml1/2 cup
- unsweetened chocolate, 4 oz / 115 g, unsweetened, melted4 square
- white granulated sugar, 480 ml2 cup
- eggs4
- vanilla extract, 10 ml2 tsp
- all purpose flour, 480 ml2 cup
- baking powder, 10 ml2 tsp
- salt, 2.5 ml1/2 tsp
- confectioners' sugar, 240 ml1 cup
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 9 steps
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.
Region evidence: no stated origin (basic dish)
