Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Bake fudgy chocolate crinkle cookies with snowy icing sugar cracks, a soft brownie-like centre, and an easy chilled dough.
Prep: 15 minutes minutes
Cook: 30 minutes minutes
Total: 1 hour hour 45 minutes minutes
Ingredients
- 200 g dark chocolate chopped
- 50 g unsalted butter cubed
- 2 eggs at room temperature
- 150 g caster sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 125 g plain flour
- 30 g cocoa powder unsweetened
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- 80 g icing sugar for coating
Instructions
Melt the chopped chocolate and butter together until smooth, then cool for 5 minutes.
Whisk the eggs, caster sugar, and vanilla until pale and thick. Whisk in the cooled chocolate mixture.
Sift in the flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt. Stir just until combined, then chill for 1 hour.
Heat the oven to 180°C/350°F. Line two trays with baking paper.
Scoop heaped tablespoons of dough, roll into balls, and coat generously in icing sugar.
Bake for 15 minutes, swapping trays halfway, until cracked and puffed. Cool on the trays.