Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Servings: 72
Yield: 72 servings

Description

This chocolate crinkle cookies recipe makes rich, decadent, fudgy cookies rolled in confectioners’ sugar that bake up with their signature crackly top.

Ingredients

2 cups white sugar
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup vegetable oil
4 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

Directions

1 Mix sugar, cocoa, and oil together in a medium bowl. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until combined. Stir in vanilla extract.
2 Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in another medium bowl; gradually stir into cocoa mixture until just combined; dough will be sticky. Cover and refrigerate until firm, 4 hours to overnight. This helps to deepen the chocolate flavor and create more defined crinkles when baked.
3 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. Roll or scoop dough into 1-inch balls. Roll each ball in confectioners' sugar; place 1 inch apart on the prepared cookie sheets.
4 Bake in the preheated oven until edges set and tops crackle, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool on the cookie sheet for a few minutes to firm up; transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough.