Merry Christmas! Chocolate crinkle cookies

2012 has flown by quicker than I can say chocolate crinkle cookies! What a year it has been and I can only say I have been very blessed. I’m finally a little more settled in good ol’ Melbourne even though I’m missing life in the UK. Especially so during Christmas time…Christmas carols do not quite fit here in Australia. There’s no white Christmas, no chestnuts on an open fire and definitely no jack frost nipping at my nose. Instead I get 40 degree (104 F) days, buckets of sweat (okay sorry that was gross), lots of time by the beach with cold beers (or gin and tonic for me).

It’s now Christmas eve and somehow I want to see snow flakes falling outside my window…unfortunately today’s forecast is 31 degrees with 30% chance of rain. Good times – putting up the tent later will be “fun”…

So I have to contend with snow-like cookies this year. Well, it’s a stretch, but these brownie-like cookies covered with powdered sugar are as close to snow as I can get this Christmas. These are super easy to make (thanks to Hershey’s recipe) and addictively easy to wolf down. Get these going…enjoy…and have a wonderful and happy Christmas – in winter or summer!!

CHOCOLATE CRINKLE COOKIES
Recipe from Hershey’s Chocolate Cookbook

• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup cocoa powder
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 1/3 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• powdered sugar

Combine granulated sugar and oil in large bowl , add cocoa, beat until well blended. Beat in eggs and vanilla.

 

Stir together flour, baking powder and salt. Gradually add to cocoa mixture, beating well.

 

Cover and refrigerate until dough is firm enough to handle, about 2-3 hours.

 

Heat oven 180C (350 F). Grease cookie sheet or line with parchment paper. Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll in powdered sugar to coat. Place 2 inches apart on prepare cookie sheet.

 

Bake 10-12 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched lightly and tops are crackled. Cool slightly then remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely!

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