Chocolate Crinkles!!!

I love food that reminds me of my childhood.  The older I get, the more I feel like I forget and I hate it!  Both of my grandmothers passed away when I was young...before I knew how important it would be to have their recipes or ask them questions about their lives.  But I do remember these chocolate cookies my grandma would make me and I can still taste them, that's how good they were!  I just remembered they cracked on the top and had powdered sugar on them.  Gooey and sweet!!  I have seen several recipes that were similar but none that were a match.  Until now that is!!  I served these this weekend for one of our halloween treats and have it marked for a cookie exchange for Christmas time!  They seemed to be a big hit with everyone else too!  Hope you enjoy! 


1/2 cup vegetable oil


4 oz. (4 squares) unsweetened chocolate

2 cups sugar

4 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla

2 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 powdered sugar (for rolling the dough in )

1. Melt chocolate in a small bowl. (I did this in the microwave with the instructions on the chocolate box)

2. In a large mixing bowl blend the oil and melted chocolate.

3. Beat in the sugar and eggs (one at a time) and continue mixing until fully combined.

4. Add vanilla.

5. Stir in the flour, salt and baking powder.

6. Cover dough (in bowl) and chill several hours or overnight.

7. When the dough has fully chilled, make small balls of dough (about 2 Tablespoons) and roll in a bowl of powdered sugar. Place on lightly greased baking sheets (or line baking sheets with Silpat liners).

8. Bake at 350* (in pre-heated oven) for 8-10 minutes.  (I used my convection bake which made every other cookie recipe turn out perfect...for some reason these seemed like they needed to cook a little longer so just watch them.  Mine cooked about 11 minutes.  I haven't ever made chocolate cookies so I was nervous they were raw for some reason.)