12 Days of Cookies: Day 2 – Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

 

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

These cookies are crisp on the outside and gooey on the inside. Which in my opinion is the perfect cookie combo! Just a side note, are more time consuming so it is the perfect recipe to tackle on a weekend at home!

Ingredients

1 1/3 cups chopped bittersweet chocolate or chocolate chips
1/2 cup unsalted butter
2/3 cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons espresso powder, optional; for enhanced chocolate flavor
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 2/3 cups All-Purpose Flour
confectioners’ sugar, for coating

Directions

To make the dough: Place the chocolate and butter in a small saucepan or microwave-safe bowl, and heat or microwave till the butter melts. Remove it from the heat, and stir until the chocolate melts and the mixture is smooth.

In a separate bowl, beat together the sugar, eggs, vanilla and espresso powder. Stir in the chocolate mixture, baking powder and salt, then the flour. Chill the dough for 2 to 3 hours, or overnight; it’ll firm up considerably.

Preheat the oven to 325°F. Lightly grease a couple of baking sheets, or line them with parchment.

To shape the cookies: Put about a cup of confectioners’ sugar into a shallow bowl. Using a teaspoon cookie scoop, a spoon, or your fingers, scoop out heaping teaspoon-sized portions of the dough; they should be roughly 1 1/4″ in diameter. Drop the dough balls into the confectioners’ sugar as you go.

Once about five or six are in the bowl, shake and toss the bowl to coat the balls with the sugar. (If you try to do this with too many balls at a time, they’ll just stick together.) Place the cookies on the prepared baking sheets, leaving about 1 1/2″ between them.

Bake the cookies for 10 to 12 minutes, switching the position of the pans (top to bottom, and front to back) midway through the baking time. As the cookies bake, they’ll flatten out and acquire their distinctive “streaked” appearance.

Remove the cookies from the oven, and allow them to cool on a rack. Store them at room temperature, well wrapped, for several days; freeze for longer storage.

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