Day 4 of 7: Christmas Cookies - Tis the season for baking!

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies 

In a large bowl beat together:

2 cups of granulated sugar
1/2 cup oil - I typically use coconut, but  vegetable oil is fine
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled
4 eggs (Adding eggs one at a time)

Sift together in a separate bowl or over a sheet of waxed paper:

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

 Next, add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture above and mix well.

 Chill covered for a few hours.

Preheat oven to 350*

Scoop a teaspoon-sized portion of the chilled dough and drop into a bowl of powdered sugar. Roll around in the powdered sugar as you roll it into a ball shape. Place 2 inches apart on parchment paper-lined baking sheet.

Bake 10-12 minutes  You know they are done when you touch the tops lightly and not much of an indentation is left.  - They should be a little soft but not too soft.

Cool slightly on the cookie sheet before carefully moving to a wire cooling rack.

These will crack along the top but the powdered sugar will remain on the flat surfaces making them a perfect winter cookie flocked with "snow"!