Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Showy Chocolate Crinkle Cookies decorated with a chocolate kiss will make a lovely addition to your Christmas cookie plate

I haven't made these cookies in years. Over fifteen years to be almost exact. I made them for Peter and Vicki's wedding to go along with the desserts. Every year I bring out the recipe but never get around to making them but this Christmas I carried through with my plans and now have two batches made. I froze a dozen each for the boys and families, took a few to church and have a few leftover for another day. 

An optional ingredient is Hershey's Kisses or Hugs. I searched, in vain, for the Hugs and found them days after the cookies had been made. I bought a bag anyway along with the candy cane stripe kiss. They would have been very festive looking had I found them in time. 

Printable recipe at end of post.

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies 

• 2 cups white sugar
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled
• 4 eggs
• 2½ cups white flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup icing sugar
• Chocolate kisses or hugs, unwrapped, optional

How to make it:
Beat together sugar, oil, vanilla and chocolate in large bowl. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt. Cover and refrigerate at least 3 hours.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease cookie sheet or line with parchment paper. Shape dough into balls using about a rounded tablespoon of dough. Roll balls in icing sugar to coat. Place about 2 inches apart on cookie sheet.

Bake 10-12 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched. If using the chocolate kisses or hugs let cookies cool 2 minutes and then press one chocolate in center of each cookie. Remove from cookie sheet. Cool completely on cooling rack before storing.

Makes about 40-48 cookies.

This is the baking chocolate I used. It is unsweetened so you won't be tempted to lick the bowl. Chop the chocolate and melt over very low heat or microwave in 30 seconds increments until just melted.

Beat together sugar, oil, vanilla and chocolate in large bowl. 

Beat in eggs, one at a time. (As you can see from the above picture I didn't follow the directions about the eggs! It still worked.)

Stir in flour, baking powder and salt. 

Cover and refrigerate at least 3 hours.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease cookie sheet or line with parchment paper. Shape dough into balls using about a rounded tablespoon of dough. Roll balls in icing sugar to coat. Place about 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. (Although I made two batches of these cookies, each time I failed to take any photos of the unbaked cookies, sigh....)

Bake 10-12 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched. If using the chocolate kisses or hugs let cookies cool 2 minutes and then press one chocolate in center of each cookie. Remove from cookie sheet. Cool completely on cooling rack before storing.

Just another photo of the cookies. 

And here's a close-up.

Fudgy Chocolate Crinkle Cookies all decked out on a Christmas plate. 

To print click on arrow upper right side. ⇩