Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Do you know what chocolate crinkle cookies are?

Hint: It’s this ^^^^^^

This is such a familiar looking cookie, but until Wednesday, I’d never made one.

And I had no idea how you made that fancy powdered sugar design.

Turns out, it just involves rolling your dough in the sugar before you bake them.

I wasn’t really prepared for anything that easy.

These cookies have a fairly short and simple ingredient list.  In fact, you probably have everything you need for these on hand, but I will warn you that they have to chill in the fridge for 2 hours or overnight, so plan accordingly. 

Also, plan to be out of the house while they chill, as repeatedly opening the fridge to cookie dough can be both tempting and torturous. 

I used this recipe and would highly recommend it.

Mix dry ingredients.

Mix wet ingredients.

Add dry to wet.

 

This is the part where I beg you not to use a whisk to mix the wet and dry together.

Unless, of course, you enjoy struggling to get a giant sticky clump of dough out of a whisk for 10 minutes.

 

Actually, the one thing I will say about these cookies is that the dough is STICKY.  Really sticky.  Even my spoonula had a hard time, but together we prevailed.

Wrap in plastic wrap and chill.

Whether I’m telling you or the dough to chill is up for debate.

Then, all that’s left to do is roll, roll again, and bake.

  

Truth be told, I’m not a huge chocolate cookie person, so I didn’t expect much from these cookies, but they really wowed me.  They’re soft, fudgy and not too sweet, thanks to the cocoa powder, which really balances out the powdered sugar.

And in case you need any more convincing, I made these on Wednesday and today they’re gone.  And I swear I didn’t finish them by myself.

Happy Friday!

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Have you ever made chocolate crinkle cookies?

What’s your favorite way to use powdered sugar?

What are you doing this weekend?

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Past “12 Days of Cookies” Posts:

Day 1: Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Day 2: Snickerdoodles

Day 3: Chocolate Peanut Butter Pillows