Double Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Author: Marlene Sorosky
Recipe type: Cookie
Cuisine: Dessert
Serves: 6 dozen
- 4 oz. unsweetened chocolate
- ½ cup shortening
- 2 cups of sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup of chocolate chips
- 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
- Melt chocolate and shortening together in a double boiler.
- Stir in sugar
- Place mixture in a medium bowl, cool
- Beat until blended
- Add vanilla
- Beat in eggs; one at a time, mixing well after each addition
- In another bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt
- Stir flour mixture into the chocolate mixture
- Stir in chocolate chips
- Refrigerate dough for several hours
- Take out of the refrigerator and make it into walnut-size balls. You may freeze them at this point and bake later
- To bake cookies, preheat oven to 375 degrees
- Lightly grease baking sheets; set aside
- Roll each cookie in the powdered sugar and place 2” apart on the cookie sheet
- Bake 10 minutes (do not over-bake)
- For Halloween, put edible eyeballs on each cookie to make it look like a monster
- Place on racks to cool
Recipe by Good Parenting Brighter Children at https://goodparentingbrighterchildren.com/halloween-activities-for-kids/
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