Chocolate Crackles

From my paternal grandmother comes the recipe for Chocolate Crackles. A powdered sugar-coated chocolate cookie. I'd tell you they are a favorite of mine, but that wouldn't be fair. All my grandmother's cookies are my favorites. As with all the Christmas cookie recipes I undertake, I double this. At least.

Chocolate is melted then mixed with brown sugar and salad oil. Eggs and vanilla are then mixed in, followed by the dry ingredients flour, baking powder and salt. The nuts, which she lists as optional, finish the dough. Nuts optional? Not in my kitchen. The dough is fairly thin so it is chilled for about an hour or until firm.

I roll the dough into one-inch balls and roll them through powdered sugar, then onto an ungreased cookie sheet. (Silpat, I do love you!) Carefully, so as to avoid them rolling around on the pan, they go into a 350° oven for 10-12 minutes.

Just a personal note: while the dough is chilling, I clean up the dishes. There really is nothing quite like warm cookies from the oven with but a mixing bowl yet to be cleaned.


Bon appétit!