Chocolate Crinkle Cookies This recipe is adapted from one that my Aunt Betty makes. I like how pretty they are when you bake them.
½ cup butter 4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate 3 teaspoons vanilla 2 cups granulated sugar 4 large eggs 2 cups all purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon salt Confectioners’ sugar
Melt the butter and chocolate together in a pan (or if you prefer, separately in the microwave). Just make sure that with either method you don’t let the mixture burn. Mix together the vanilla, sugar and eggs with the chocolate mixture, adding the eggs one at a time - being careful not to cook the eggs with the melted chocolate. Mix the flour, baking powder and salt together, and then add to the chocolate mixture. Let this chill for a few hours (or, if you are like me, freeze while you are eating dinner). Preheat the oven to 350° and then roll them out into 1 inch balls. Before adding them to the cookie sheet, dunk them in powdered sugar so that they are completely covered. Place them a couple inches apart on a cookie sheet – they will spread a little - and bake for about 9 minutes. They are much better underdone than overdone. Makes 36 cookies
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