Chocolate Crinkles recipe

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| Yield | 36–48 |
| Time | Prep: 45 minutes Chilling: Several hours Baking: 10 to 12 minutes |
| Difficulty | |

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.

Visual procedure

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Melting chocolate in double boiler

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Adding sugar

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Mixing in sugar

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Mixing in eggs

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Mixing in vanilla

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Adding dry ingredients

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Mixing in dry

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Prep for forming cookies

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Rolling cookies in powdered sugar

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Placing cookies on baking sheet

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Baking cookies

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Finished cookies

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