Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    3 dozen

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Anna and Michael Olson Cook at Home

By Anna Olson and Michael Olson

Published 2010

  • About

You might have your own variation of this recipe. It’s such a widely recognized cookie staple. Rolled in icing sugar before they’re baked, the cookies crack and crinkle as they spread in the oven.

Ingredients

½ cup | 125

Method

Over a pot filled with 2 inches (5 cm) of simmering water, place a metal or glass bowl and add butter. Stir until melted halfway and add chopped bittersweet chocolate. Stir until just melted and remove from heat. Set aside.

Whip eggs with sugar, vanilla and espresso powder with electric beaters or in a mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, until pale and thick, about 5 minutes. In a s