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Chocolate Crinkles

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Margaret
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Chocolate Crinkles are my husbands favorite cookie. I made them for the first time not long after I got married. I wanted to make my new husband something special. Well they didn’t turn out very well. I followed the recipe and mixed it all up. Even though I’d never made them before I was pretty sure that something was wrong. The dough was thin like cake batter. I asked my husband if that was the way it was supposed to look. He wasn’t much help – he’d never made them only eaten them. I reviewed my recipe one last time to make sure I hadn’t forgotten anything then I put my thin batter in the fridge. I was pretty confident my cookie surprise was going to be a flop and it was.  My cookies ended up very, very flat – tasted good though. I decided to try a different recipe the next time. My recipe is adapted from Better Homes and Gardens, Chocolate Crinkles.

Chocolate Crinkles
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted
1/4 cup oil
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 cups flour
1 cup powdered sugar
Mix together in large bowl: sugar, eggs, melted chocolate, oil, and vanilla. Stir in flour and baking powder until combined. Cover and chill for at least 1 hour, better if you can wait 2 hours. Roll into balls and coat with powdered sugar. Place on lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 for 7 – 10 minutes. Transfer cookies to cooling rack and sprinkle with 2nd layer of powdered sugar. Try to keep husband and kids from eating entire batch in 20 minutes. Good luck!

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4 responses to “Chocolate Crinkles”

  1. EveryDay Bloom Avatar
    EveryDay Bloom

    Just the name, “chocolate crinkles” sounds enticing. Who wouldn’t like chocolate crinkles? I’m glad you found a recipe that works (I’m intrigued by the oil vs. butter in your recipe…) Lynaea @ EveryDayBloom.com

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  2. Margaret Christensen Avatar
    Margaret Christensen

    Thanks for stopping by Lynaea! I love butter recipes but love to find oil recipes too, especially really tasty ones.

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  3. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    There are many cookie recipes where oil can be substituted for butter or margarine. Chocolate chip and oatmeal are two. But read labels – maybe there’s as much fat in one as the other!

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  4. Kdbug Avatar
    Kdbug

    I’ve actually made something like this before with my mom growing up. They are so delicious! I can’t wait to try your recipe! I would love it if you linked this up to my Motivate Me Monday linky party and IT’S A ginger SNAP!

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