My favorite part of the holidays is the baking! These easy chocolate crinkles remind me of my childhood and are a delicious treat every Christmas. When I graduated from college I went back home to Connecticut for one week to gather my things and move down to Texas. I packed all the stuff I thought was important like my clothes and my books. Everything was shipped down to Houston and I was excited to be starting a new life.
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Christmas Cookie Traditions
When the holidays rolled around I quickly realized that I did not have a single Christmas cookie recipe from my childhood. I never thought to ask my mom to write out her recipes for my favorite Christmas cookies! Not to mention her homemade macaroni and cheese or that delicious tuna casserole she would make. Recipes were not something I ever considered packing!
When you are young, you usually don’t stop to consider things like recipes when you are moving out on your own. It is relatively easy to find recipes online or in cookbooks, right? Well, yes, that is true but they may or may not come out just like your moms! My mom’s easy chocolate crinkles recipe is probably a tad bit different than all the other recipes online, right? Recipes can be fickle things and to make sure your Christmas cookie recipe is just right you may need to go right to the source!
When my kids move out on their own I will definitely make sure to put together a ‘Mom’s Cookbook’ as a housewarming gift! I found some great info online on how to make a cookbook scrapbook that I think looks like fun. Do you have any Christmas cookie recipes that have been handed down to you from your own family? Make Christmas cookie baking a tradition with your own kids. Try your hand at making gingerbread men this week!
Easy Chocolate Crinkled Christmas Cookie
This classic Christmas cookie is just like mom used to make. Loaded with rich chocolate flavor with a crackly top and rolled in powdered sugar, it is a delicious cookie dunked in milk or left out for Santa as he delivers his gifts.
Mix together all ingredients except the powdered sugar
Chill dough at least 4 hours, preferably overnight
Roll dough into balls about 1 1/2 inches wide
Roll each ball in powdered sugar
Place cookie dough on greased cookie sheet (or use parchment paper on cookie sheet, they have a tendency to stick!)
Bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes
Let cool 5 minutes on the cookie sheet before removing with a spatula to a cooling rack.
makes 3 dozen cookies
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Easy Chocolate Crinkle Recipe
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Diane Hoffmaster
Diane is a professional blogger and nationally certified pharmacy technician atGood Pill Pharmacy. She earned her BS in Microbiology at theUniversity of New Hampshire and has worked in cancer research, academics, and biotechnology. Concern over the growing incidence of human disease and the birth of her children led her to begin living a more natural life. She quickly realized that the information she was learning along the way could be beneficial to many others and started blogging and freelance writing to share this knowledge with others. Learn more about her HERE.
How to Prevent the Powdered Sugar from Melting. The trick is to coat the dough with granulated sugar first, and then with powdered sugar. This way, the granulated sugar draws out moisture from the surface to create that crinkled exterior while the powdered sugar remains on top.
Crinkle cookies are easy to make, but you HAVE to chill the dough, it is mandatory. If you don't chill the dough, the dough will be too sticky, and you will end up with a chocolate cookie mess…. and no crinkly tops!
The most common reason for cookies that don't crack is either that the oven was not hot enough or the baking powder was expired. Be sure to allow plenty of time for your oven to heat, and use a fresh container of baking powder!
All levels of powdered sugar grind can be used interchangeably with each other in cookie recipes. But take note: powdered sugar is not to be substituted for granulated sugar or brown sugar, since the added cornstarch in powdered sugar changes cookie chemistry and texture.
It is not recommended to substitute powdered sugar for granulated sugar. Since powdered sugar has a much finer texture, and it contains a small percentage of cornstarch to prevent caking, substituting can give you unexpected results. Q.
As a general rule of thumb, you should refrigerate cookie dough for at least 30 minutes and up to 24 hours. More than that, and you won't see a noticeable difference in the final product. Once the dough has chilled, let it warm up at room temperature until it's just pliable (about 5 to 10 minutes).
Why are crinkle cookies not flat? Chilling the dough prevents the cookies from spreading too much while the cookies are baking, creating, thick, soft cookies.
Frozen cookie dough balls do not need to be thawed out before baking unless you've been given specific instructions that say to do so. For many cookie doughs, for example, shortbread-style or slice-and-bake cookies, baking immediately from frozen will give you the best results.
The ingredients you use and how you shape your cookies both play an important role in whether your cookies turn out crispy or chewy. The type of flour and sugar you use, if your cookie dough contains eggs, and whether you use melted or softened butter all factor into the crispy-chewy equation, too.
If crinkle cookies are baked at 350°F, the outside bakes and hardens more quickly, which doesn't give the dough enough time to spread. As mentioned earlier, the spreading of the dough is essential to a good crack.
Can you bake crinkles without parchment? Yes, you can bake Chocolate Crinkle Cookies without parchment paper. Grease the baking sheet with cooking spray, oil, or butter. Don't overdo it because it can cause the cookies to spread out too much.
Baking powder is made of baking soda plus cream of tartar and cornstarch. Baking powder can be substituted for baking soda by tripling the amount of baking powder. Baking soda can be substituted for baking powder by dividing the amount of baking powder needed by 4 and adding twice that amount of cream of tartar.
There are two reasons why your Chocolate Crinkle Cookies came out flat. Either the dough wasn't chilled or you didn't use enough flour. Make sure to properly measure flour by scooping it into your measuring cup and leveling off the top.
Most commercially produced powdered sugar you'll find at the grocery store also has a small amount of starch added (typically cornstarch, though some companies use tapioca starch or arrowroot powder) to discourage clumping.
Store it in an airtight container: Powdered sugar can absorb moisture from the air and clump together. Storing it in an airtight container can help to keep it fresh and prevent clumping. Keep it cool and dry: Powdered sugar should be stored in a cool and dry place, such as a pantry or cupboard.
If the cookies aren't completely cooled when you start decorating, the icing will melt once it hits the warm cookie. Follow this tip: Don't rush the cooling process. The first step to making beautifully decorated cookies is making sure the cookies are completely cooled when you begin adding the icing.
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