Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

  • Prep 1 hr 45 min
  • Total 3 hr 45 min
  • Servings 72

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 4 oz unsweetened baking chocolate, melted, cooled
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar

Steps

  • 1
    In large bowl, mix oil, chocolate, granulated sugar and vanilla. Stir in eggs, one at a time. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt. Cover; refrigerate at least 3 hours.
  • 2
    Heat oven to 350°F. Grease cookie sheet with shortening or cooking spray.
  • 3
    Drop dough by teaspoonfuls into powdered sugar; roll around to coat and shape into balls. Place about 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.
  • 4
    Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until edges are set. Immediately remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks.

  • If you’re baking batches of these chocolate crinkle cookies, make sure your cookie sheets are completely cooled. The cookies will spread too much if placed on a hot or even warm cookie sheet.
  • What is baking chocolate? In its most traditional form, baking chocolate is unsweetened chocolate made from 100% chocolate liquor—processed and ground cocoa beans—without added sugar or flavoring. It’s used in recipes that have enough sweeteners to balance its bitterness, serving up a deeply satisfying chocolate flavor. You can find baking chocolate in blocks, chunks and chips, all of which you can use for this Chocolate Crinkle Cookies recipe.
  • Because this dough is dark in color, be sure to check for doneness—lightly touch the top of a cookie with your finger to check that it's firmly set. Err on the side of caution—we recommend removing the cookies from the oven a tad early rather than risk overbaking them.
  • Instead of using shortening or cooking spray, line your cookie sheets with baking parchment. This will make removing the warm cookies a breeze. You can reuse the parchment sheets multiple times before recycling or composting them.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
70
Calories from Fat
25
Total Fat
2 1/2g
4%
Saturated Fat
1g
4%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
10mg
3%
Sodium
35mg
1%
Potassium
20mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate
10g
3%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
7g
Protein
1g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
2%
2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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