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Best Fudgy Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
These fudgy chocolate crinkle cookies feature a dough rich in cocoa powder and sugar, coated in confectioners' sugar before baking to create their signature cracked surface. The texture inside remains soft and slightly chewy while the outside gains a delicate crust. The recipe calls for chilling the dough for several hours, which helps develop flavor and the distinctive fudgy consistency.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
12 mins
Total Time
22 mins
Servings:
20
small cookies or 12 large cookies
Calories:
104 kcal
Course:
Dessert, Baked Goods
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- ½ cup cocoa powder unsweetened
- 1 cup granulated sugar white
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 2 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract pure
- 1 cup all-purpose flour or plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup confectioners sugar or icing sugar, for coating
Instructions
- In a medium-sized bowl, mix together the cocoa powder, white sugar and vegetable oil. Beat in eggs one at a time, until fully incorporated. Mix in the vanilla.
- In another bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet mixture just until a dough forms (do not over beat). Cover bowl with wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
- When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350°F | 175°C. Line 2 cookie sheets or baking trays with parchment paper (baking paper). Roll 1 tablespoonful of dough into balls for smaller cookies, or 2 tablespoonfuls for larger cookies.
- Add the confectioners (icing) sugar to a smaller bowl. Generously and evenly coat each ball of dough in confectioners' sugar and place onto prepared cookie sheets.
- Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes (for small cookies) or 12 minutes (for larger cookies). The cookies will come out soft from the oven but will harden up as they cool.
- Allow to cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool.
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Notes
- This recipe can be doubled without adjusting baking time for a larger batch of cookies.
- Smaller cookies contain about 88 calories each; larger cookies have about 146 calories each.
- Refrigeration time of at least 4 hours or overnight is essential for developing the desired fudgy texture and crackled surface.
Nutrition Information
Calories
104kcal
(5%)
Carbohydrates
18g
(6%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
4g
(6%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
(12%)
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Trans Fat
0.02g
(1%)
Cholesterol
19mg
(6%)
Sodium
87mg
(4%)
Potassium
47mg
(1%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
12g
(24%)
Vitamin A
27IU
(1%)
Calcium
18mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 20 small cookies or 12 large cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 104
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 104kcal | 5% |
| Carbohydrates | 18g | 6% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 0.02g | 1% |
| Cholesterol | 19mg | 6% |
| Sodium | 87mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 47mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 12g | 24% |
| Vitamin A | 27IU | 1% |
| Calcium | 18mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.