Who can resist chocolates? Practically no one.
All chocolate lovers are so lucky because chocolate comes in different forms. They can come in bars, nuggets, drinks, cake, ice cream, sauce, pastries, and cookies.
How about chocolate crinkle cookies? Have you ever had those?
They are probably the simplest and easiest chocolate cookies you can make. Even beginner bakers can make this easily anytime they want. Hmm. These are also the most dangerous cookies because it’s so easy to make, you’ll be making a lot and eating a lot!
All you need are ingredients you already have in your own pantry.
Here’s what you’ll need: unsweetened cocoa powder, brown sugar, white sugar, vegetable oil, eggs, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, and icing sugar.
Do you have mixing bowls, measuring spoons and cups, a sifter, wooden spoons, and a hand mixer?
You’re ready to make these chocolate crinkles!
First things first, add cocoa powder, white and brown sugar, and oil to a mixing bowl. Mix all these ingredients with a wooden spoon until they’re well combined. Add the eggs and mix with a hand mixer until it becomes a smooth thick liquid.
Add the vanilla extract before adding the rest of the ingredients.
This is important. Do not overmix.
Overmixing can result in gummy or unchewy cookies. How do you know when to stop mixing? When all your ingredients have mixed well, stop mixing. That’s it.
Another step that cannot be overlooked is chilling the dough.
The dough needs to be chilled for four hours (or in the freezer for an hour) so that you can shape the dough into balls. It’s an important step that cannot be removed or quickened. During this time, do something else while waiting.
You can even nap while waiting!
After four hours (or one hour if you placed it in the freezer), take it out and begin creating balls with an ice cream scooper. If you live in a warm place, be sure to work quickly.
Don’t let your dough warm up!
Dunk the dough balls in the icing sugar to coat every inch of that dough.
Place the sugar-covered dough on a baking sheet and flatten it into a disc with your fingers. Bake the cookies at 180°C (~350-360°F) for 10 to 12 minutes.
If you’ve got another batch of dough waiting, you can form them into balls before you place them back in the fridge. Roll them in the icing sugar when you’re ready to bake them.
Are you ready to make chocolate crinkle cookies?
Here’s the exact recipe to follow.
CHOCOLATE CRINKLES
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (60g)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar (95g)
- 1/2 cup white sugar (95g)
- 1/4 cup oil (50g)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour (120g)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder (5g)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt (3g)
- 1/2 cup icing sugar (60 grams)
Method
- Add cocoa powder, white, and brown sugar, and oil in a bowl and mix until all ingredients are incorporated. Add the eggs and vanilla extract and mix with a hand mixer until everything becomes a smooth, thick liquid.
- Using a sifter, sift the flour, salt, and baking powder and mix with the other ingredients. Do not overmix.
- Cover the bowl and let it chill in the fridge for four hours.
- After four hours, take the dough out of the fridge. Use an ice cream scooper to shape the dough into balls. Roll in icing sugar, making sure every inch is covered.
- Place on a baking sheet and flatten the ball with your fingers into a disc. Bake at 180°C (~350-360°F) for 10 to 12 minutes.
- Let it cool completely before digging in.
Watch the video below to see how these cookies are made.
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