Chocolate Crinkle Cookies Recipe for Christmas
This delicious chocolate cookie recipe is easy to create, extremely delicious, and perfect for the holidays. This chocolate crinkle cookie recipe is easy and simple to follow and easier to assemble. Just roll the cookie dough balls with powdered sugar on the baking tray. Now all you have to do is to step back and enjoy watching these cookies rise and crinkle. This really is very fun! (a lot of fun for kids too!) Here is what you do with them. It worked well for years. This post can contain affiliate links.
Why You Need to Make a Chocolate Crinkle Cookie This Christmas
The holidays are a time for families and friends to converge and celebrate. But by the time December rolls around, it’s easy for everyone to get so caught up in the hustle and bustle of preparing for Christmas that they forget what matters most – spending quality time with family and friends.
This year, why not plan a relaxing Christmas dinner with a few simple dishes? One of these easy recipes is this mouthwatering chocolate crinkle cookie recipe!
History of chocolate crinkle cookies
History of crinkle cookies is one of the most interesting sections for anyone who loves cooking.
The first patent for a chocolate crinkle cookie was filed in 1984 by Nabisco executives. The original recipe was pretty simple and consisted of sugar, butter, margarine, vanilla extract and cocoa. They were made in a special machine that created the characteristic “crinkles.”
In 1988, Betty Crocker’s Cooky Book was published and Crinkles became one of the many recipes to be included within its pages.
The recipe called for vegetable shortening instead of butter or margarine. That same year, Nestle released their own recipe for chocolate crinkles with an updated list of ingredients including: baking powder, salt, sugar and flour.
What Are Chocolate Crinkle Cookies?
Chocolate crinkle cookies are a holiday treat loved around the world for beautiful texture. These delicious cookies are usually made at home for best taste and freshness. Christmas festivities can never be complete without making these delicious crinkle cookies. With a variety of variations and simple and easy recipes these cookies are a must add in the list of your Christmas to do recipes.
What Makes Them Different from Other Cookies?
While cookies are usually a golden brown or darken shade on the surface these chocolate crinkle cookies are favorite for world famous cracks. These sugar cracks on the surface of cookies makes them perfect for Christmas treats.
Secret to make chocolate crinkle cookies even better
I have found a secret to give chocolate crinkle cookies a professional touch and taste. Before rolling cookie dough balls in icing sugar, roll them in granulated brown sugar. Granulated brown sugar will make the surface a bit more chewy making the cookies perfectly fudgy.
How to make a Chocolate Crinkle Cookies recipe?
Ingredients
- 1 cup (8 oz) butter
- ½ cup (4 oz) brown sugar
- 1/4 cup (2 oz) granulated sugar
- 2 cups (8 oz) all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp cocoa powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
Making chocolate crinkle cookies
- The first step is to preheat your oven to 350°F.
- To make the dough, you’ll need 1 cup of flour, ¾ teaspoons baking powder, ¾ teaspoons salt, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, 1 egg, 2 tablespoons of milk and ½ teaspoon vanilla extract.
- Mix all the dry ingredients flour, cocoa powder and baking powder together first before adding in the wet ingredients such as eggs and milk.
Whisk everything well together with a whisk or an electric hand mixer- either one will work just fine.
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- Get the dough mixture in equal amounts to form uniform size cookies. For this I recommend using an ice cream scoop.
- Make cookie dough balls using the center of your palms and place them one by one.
Cover each cookie dough ball generously in icing/powdered white sugar. Do repeat the process if you feel dough moisture has made the surface damp. - Place these sugar coated cookie dough balls in the oven for 11 minutes.
- Get the baking sheet out and place it over a wire tray to get to room temperature.
How to make perfect chocolate crinkle cookies
The best chocolate crinkle cookies are the ones that are perfectly crispy on the outside and fudgy, dense, and chewy on the inside. The best crinkle cookies are made with brown sugar, flour, butter, cocoa powder, vanilla extract, baking soda and salt.
How to store chocolate crinkle cookies?
You can store baked cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Or store in an airtight container or zip lock bag in the refrigerator for up to 10 days.
My recommended way which I myself use is to store cookie dough balls on a baking sheet until they are chilled. Once dough balls are chilled they won’t still and I store them in a container of air tight plastic bags.
Just when you want to make chocolate crinkle cookies, get these chilled dough balls, defrost and room temperature and you are ready to serve. Storing dough balls instead of baked cookies will store these up to four weeks.
FAQ’s for chocolate crinkle cookies
Here contains a list of frequently asked questions I usually get from and their answers.
- What kind of cookies are these?
These are chocolate crinkle cookies. They may also be called chocolate almond cookies, Italian almond cookies, or almond rochers.
2. Can I substitute the ingredients?
No, these ingredients are required. It will not work if you do not use them all.
Possible variations for chocolate crinkle cookie
Making these double chocolate: Add in chocolate chips or roughly chopped dark cooking chocolate right after the dough is done. Even better if you can add Hershey’s kisses on top of each cookie before placing them in the oven.
Mocha crinkle cookies: While mixing the dry ingredients add in one teaspoon of instant coffee powder for an extra punch flavor. Adding in coffee will not only make cookies taste better but will also strengthen the flavor of cocoa powder.
Peanut butter crinkle cookies: Peanut butter chips can add in a classic variation in chocolate crinkle cookies recipe. All you have to do is to add one one cup of peanut butter chips in cookie dough.
Adding in peppermint: Chocolate and peppermint compliments each other really well to make a classic duo. To taste your chocolate crinkle cookies as mint add in a few drops in the dough. Make sure not to overdo it as too much peppermint can ruin the overall aroma and taste.
Choice of sweetener: Choose a variety of other sugar alternatives for people out there who are calories conscious. Or for people who do not want to consume refined sugar may replace white sugar with Stevia, can sugar or brown sugar.
BONUS VARIATION TRICK
Make chocolate crinkle squares: Let’s accept this square looks a lot more mouthful than cookies. For kids or an after dinner dessert instead of cookies cut the dough into generously sized squares and surprise your guests.
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies Recipe
Equipment
- Stand Mixer
- Wire Tray
- Chef Knife
- baking sheet
Ingredients
- 1 cup Unsalted Butter (8 oz)
- 1/2 cup Granulated Brown Sugar (4 oz)
- 1/4 cup Granulated White Sugar (2 oz)
- 2 cups White Flour
- 1 ½ tspn Cocoa Powder
- ½ tspn Baking Soda
- ¼ tspn Sea Salt
Instructions
- The first step is to preheat your oven to 350°F.
- To make the dough, you'll need 1 cup of flour, ¾ teaspoons baking powder, ¾ teaspoons salt, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, 1 egg, 2 tablespoons of milk and ½ teaspoon vanilla extract.
- Mix all the dry ingredients flour, cocoa powder and baking powder together first before adding in the wet ingredients such as eggs and milk.
- Whisk everything well together with a whisk or an electric hand mixer- either one will work just fine.
- Get the dough mixture in equal amounts to form uniform size cookies. For this I recommend using an ice cream scoop.
- Make cookie dough balls using the center of your palms and place them one by one.
- Cover each cookie dough ball generously in icing/powdered white sugar. Do repeat the process if you feel dough moisture has made the surface damp.
- Place these sugar coated cookie dough balls in the oven for 11 minutes.
- Get the baking sheet out and place it over a wire tray to get to room temperature.
Notes
FAQ’s for chocolate crinkle cookies
Here contains a list of frequently asked questions which I usually get from my readers and their answers. What kind of cookies are these? These are chocolate crinkle cookies. They may also be called chocolate almond cookies, Italian almond cookies, or almond rochers. Can I substitute the ingredients? No, these ingredients are required. It will not work if you do not use them all.How to store chocolate crinkle cookies?
- You can store baked cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
- Or store in an airtight container or ziplock bag in the refrigerator for up to 10 days.
- My recommended way which I myself use is to store cookie dough balls on a baking sheet until they are chilled. Once dough balls are chilled they won’t still and I store them in a container of air tight plastic bags.
- Just when you want to make chocolate crinkle cookies, get these chilled dough balls, defrost and room temperature and you are ready to serve. Storing dough balls instead of baked cookies will store these up to four weeks.
