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Double Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

If you’re looking for scrumptious holiday season cookies to exchange at parties or serve to guests, you can’t go wrong with these beautiful double chocolate crinkle cookies! They’re soft and buttery with a rich chocolate flavor while cracked on the exterior for a crinkled effect!
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 12 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Chill time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 22 minutes
Course cookies
Cuisine American
Servings 15 cookies

Ingredients
  

  • ¼ cup butter, room temperature
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup cocoa powder, such as Dutch variety
  • 8 oz dark chocolate, chopped
  • 2 eggs, room temperature
  • ¾ cup + 2 tablespoon flour, sifted
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda, sifted
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder, sifted
  • 1 cup powdered sugar for dipping, sifted
  • ½ cup cream cheese, room temperature
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Instructions
 

  • Melt butter and chocolate using a double boiler method or in the microwave.
  • Let the melted butter and chocolate cool slightly while you move to the next step.
  • In a large bowl beat the eggs and sugars exactly for 4 minutes (set timer, it is important for crackly top). Gradually add to the melted chocolate bowl, add vanilla.
  • In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients. Whisk to combine the flour mixture and add to wet ingredients gradually.
  • Mix until ingredients are almost combined, the batter will be smooth and sticky, like brownie batter.
  • If it’s difficult to form balls yet, cover dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for an hour (once balls are shaped, allow to come to room temperature before baking). Overall once the melted chocolate starts to cool and sets, the batter texture should change to ‘’playdough’’ texture and hence be easier to handle.
  • Preheat the oven to 325 F.
  • Scoop 2 tablespoons of dough, and roll balls of dough about 2 inch in size. Dip in confectioners' sugar (generously).
  • Arrange the cookie balls on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper at least 3 inches apart. Don’t press down.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes or until you get the crackly top.
  • The cookies will have a very soft and moist center inside. Just like fudgy brownies!
  • Let the cookies stand in the pan for 5-10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack. Cool cookies before serving.

Notes

  • While you could use only white sugar when making these chocolate cookies, I don’t recommend substituting the sugars. Using both brown and white sugar will create a buttery and soft cookie.
  • 325F seems to be a better temperature for baking these chocolate crackle cookies instead of 350F that so many cookie recipes call for. This lower temperature allows the cookies time to spread and form a crackly top without drying out.
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