Chocolate Crinkle Cookie Recipe

Tis the season to bake cookies! These Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are an all-time family FAVORITE. I'm telling you, Christmas and Chocolate Crinkles just go together. Ask Santa, he'll tell you! There were never any left on Christmas morning :)

I can't wait to share them with you!

The dough takes a few hour to chill, so it's a good recipe to start in the morning and finish up in the afternoon.

The ingredients are pretty basic!

The first step is to "cream" the butter, sugar, and vanilla together. I had to zap my butter for less than 20 seconds in the microwave to make it soft. 

Hint: If you are using powdered rather than squares of chocolate, make sure to add the extra butter in at this step!

I opted for the powdered unsweetened cocoa rather than the squares, since I already had it on hand. It's hard to go wrong with Ghiradelli chocolate! 

To substitute baking cocoa: 1-oz square of unsweetened chocolate = 3 Tbsp powdered baking cocoa + 1 Tbsp butter.

Beat it into the sugar/butter/vanilla mixture together with the eggs.

In a separate bowl, sift/mix together the dry ingredients and slowly incorporate into the wet ingredients.

Don't forget to take a super cheese picture of yourself wearing your Christmas apron!

At this point, you're done mixing! Cover and chill for 3 hours in the fridge.

Then roll into 1 1/2" (roughly) balls, roll them around in powdered sugar so they are nice and cakey and place them 2" apart on a greased cookie sheet.

Then it's off to the oven! 350 degrees for about 14-16 minutes. 

Seriously, they're the best.

I know I'm not the only Christmas cookie fan out there! Let me know your favorite holiday treat in the comments! Bonus points for leaving a recipe link!

Here is the recipe:

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Ingredients:
1/2 cup shortening or butter
1 2/3 cups granulated sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
2 1/2 1-oz squares unsweetened chocolate, melted (OR 7 1/2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder + 2 1/2 tablespoons butter)
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 - 1-3 cup milk
1 cup confectioners (powdered) sugar

Method:

1. In a large bowl, thoroughly cream shortening (or butter), sugar, and vanilla.
2. Beat in eggs and chocolate.
3. In a separate medium bowl, sift flour, baking powder, and salt.
4. Slowly add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients while mixing on low/medium speed. Drizzle in milk until mixture is moist and fluffy (not too wet).
5. Chill for 3 hours.
6. Roll into 1 ½" balls, coat with powdered sugar by rolling it around in a bowl of powdered sugar.
7. On a greased cookie sheet, place dough balls about 2" apart.
8. Bake at 350 for 14-16 minutes, let cool on cooling racks.

Enjoy!!