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Certain holiday cookies evoke memories of childhood. Chocolate Crinkles are one particular cookie that does that for Chicagoist. They're kind of like a cookie brownie, if you can imagine. [Ed note: Oh, can I.] Join us, won't you, as we whip up a batch.
What You Need
1 cup cocoa
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 cups granulated sugar
4 eggs
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
Combine ingredients, mixing well, and refrigerate overnight. Form balls and roll in powdered sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
It's a fairly straightforward recipe, but there are a couple of things to watch out for. They key to this recipe is the dough needs to be cold. Very, very cold. We made the dough before a Bears game one Sunday and set it in the fridge. After the game we took it out and started forming the cookies. The first few were easy, but as the dough warmed up it became sticky and hard to work with. If we make these again, and we probably will, we'll make the dough the day before and let it sit in the fridge overnight.
-- Thanks, Zack!
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Toss a little Hennesy and Red Bull in there and you've got: Chocolate Crunkles.
There was a recipe similar to this in the Tribune's cookie section a few years back called "Blackout Cookies." The only major change was the addition of Chocolate Extract, which makes them extra-chocolately, and using melted unsweetened chocolate instead of cocoa. They, too, have the same cake-like consistency and sticky batter. They're yummy.
Eeeee I used to make these with my mom. She hated making them because we wouldn't ever chill the dough enough, and it would turn into a sticky mess. It does not pay to be impatient, people.
Either way, they're effing delish.
Whoa! I am so pleasantly shocked to see this, because I thought I was the only one who knew about these. My mom makes 'em every single Christmas and has for as long as I can remember, and they're always my fave. There's something about that cracked white crust and the deep chocolate beneath. Drool.
I brought a bunch into work for the office potluck yesterday and had at least three coworkers tell me how they're the favorite Christmas cookie.
i'd love to try these with my black cocoa powder. damn this diet!