Description
Sinfully rich chocolate crinkle cookies melt hearts with their crackly exterior and fudgy center, promising pure indulgence. Dusted with powdered sugar and baked to perfection, these irresistible treats will make you swoon with each delectable bite.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Chocolate Ingredients:
- ½ cup (40 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup (125 g) all-purpose flour
Wet Ingredients:
- 2 large eggs
- ⅓ cup (80 ml) vegetable oil
- 1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Finishing and Binding Ingredients:
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup (60 g) powdered sugar (for coating)
Instructions
- Whisk granulated sugar and vegetable oil in a large mixing bowl until smooth and well-integrated, creating a glossy base for the cookie dough.
- Incorporate eggs individually, blending thoroughly after each addition, then stir in vanilla extract to enhance the aromatic profile of the mixture.
- Separately, sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt, ensuring a uniform dry ingredient blend with no lumps.
- Gradually fold the dry ingredient mixture into the wet ingredients, stirring gently until a cohesive, slightly tacky dough emerges.
- Encase the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours, allowing the ingredients to meld and the texture to firm up.
- Preheat the oven to 350F (175C) and prepare baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats to prevent sticking.
- Extract chilled dough and portion into tablespoon-sized spheres, rolling each between palms to create smooth, uniform balls.
- Generously coat each dough ball in powdered sugar, ensuring complete coverage that will create the signature crackled exterior.
- Arrange sugar-coated cookies on prepared baking sheets, maintaining approximately 2 inches of space between each to allow for spreading.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, watching for subtle signs of puffiness and characteristic sugar cracking that indicates perfect doneness.
- Allow cookies to rest on baking sheets for 5 minutes to stabilize, then transfer to a wire rack for complete cooling.
- Serve at room temperature, optionally paired with milk or coffee for a delightful treat.
Notes
- Chill the dough thoroughly to prevent spreading and enhance the rich chocolate flavor, creating a more intense and compact cookie texture.
- Use high-quality cocoa powder for a deeper, more robust chocolate taste that elevates the entire cookie experience.
- Coat the dough balls generously in powdered sugar to achieve those signature crackled white lines that make these cookies visually stunning and deliciously sweet.
- For gluten-free options, swap wheat flour with a 1:1 gluten-free baking blend, ensuring the same chewy texture and decadent chocolate profile.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 146
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 24 mg
- Fat: 6 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 31 mg