Grand Prize Winner
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies ½ ¼ ½ ⅛ ¼ ¾ 1 ½ 2 2 ¼ ¼
cup all-purpose flour cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder teaspoon baking powder teaspoon baking soda teaspoon salt cup packed brown sugar egg plus 1 egg yolk teaspoon vanilla extract ounces unsweetened chocolate tablespoons unsalted butter cup granulated sugar cup confectioners’ sugar
Preheat oven to 325 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In large bowl, whisk brown sugar, egg, egg yolk and vanilla until combined. Place chocolate and butter in microwave-safe bowl and heat in microwave 30 seconds at a time, stirring until smooth. Add chocolate to brown sugar mixture and use rubber spatula to stir until combined. Stir in flour mixture until combined. Let dough sit at room temperature for 10 minutes. Place granulated sugar in a shallow dish and confectioners’ sugar in a separate shallow dish. Use your hands to roll dough into balls (about 2 tablespoons each) and drop into the shallow dish with granulated sugar; roll to coat. Transfer dough balls into shallow dish with confectioners’ sugar; roll to coat evenly. Place dough balls on parchment-lined baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Place cookie sheet in oven and bake cookies about 11 minutes until puffed and cracked and edges have begun to set but centers are still soft. Cookies will look raw in the cracks and seem underdone.
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and 1st Place Cookies by Kids CHOCOLATE CRINKLE COOKIES
Submitted by Quinn Bellamy, Senoia
“I started thinking about this yearʼs contest right after last yearʼs contest. I made these cookies a few times and knew they were the ones I wanted to enter.”
Best of Coweta winners, from left, Kayla Duffey, Abigail Alvarez and Lorraine Beckman judged the 2023 cookie contest.
Judge’s Comment: “This is the cookie I want to eat right before I go to bed on Christmas Eve. And it’s the cookie that Santa wants to see on a plate when he visits your house – and he won’t be leaving any crumbs!” – Abigail Alvarez
