Monday, November 22, 2010

The smell of cookies...


...is wafting through the house.



I told the guys at work I'd make them some cookies this week.

Little did I know I have no butter and no shortening in the house. But I had oil. So off I went in search of a recipe that used only oil.

It wasn't easy, but what I found turned out to be great.

Chocolate Crinkles. Yum!


I didn't have any unsweetened chocolate squares, but I knew I could substitute cocoa powder and oil for that.

Chocolate Crinkles

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 vegetable oil
4 squares unsweetened chocolated, melted and cooled (I used 12 tablespoons cocoa powder + 4 tablespoons vegetable oil)
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 eggs

sifted powdered sugar



Combine flour and baking powder.

In a separate bowl, stir together sugar, oil, chocolate, and vanilla. Beat in eggs.

Add dry ingredients; beat until blended.

Cover; chill (I didn't chill mine, oops. Perhaps they would have kept their shape more if chilled them?).

Using 1 tablespoon dough for each, shape into balls; roll in powdered sugar.

Place on greased cookie sheet (I just covered my cookie sheets in parchment paper)

Bake at 375 for 10 - 12 minutes. While warm, roll again in powdered sugar (I skipped this part, and just dusted them with a small amount. I didn't think it necessary to roll them in it).

Makes 4 dozen.







1 comment:

  1. cookies already! I have to hold myself off from baking until halfway through December. Well maybe a toddler running around and biting at my ankles helps me to put that off. =)

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