Fudgy Chocolate Crinkles

Total Time: 3 hrs 12 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (12 ounce) bag chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 2/3 cups flour
• confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325.
• 2 melt butter and chocolate chips together in a saucepan over medium-low heat or in the microwave, until the butter melts.
• 3 remove from heat and stir until the chocolate melts and the mixture is smooth.
• 4 in the bowl of a mixer, beat together the sugar, eggs and vanilla.
• 5 stir in the chocolate mixture.
• 6 stir in the flour, baking soda and salt.
• 7 chill the dough for 2-3 hours or overnight.
• 8 pour approximately a cup of confectioners sugar into a shallow bowl.
• 9 roll 1 1/4 inch diameter balls of dough (a heaping teaspoon) and drop the balls into the bowl of confectioners sugar.
• 10 working with 4-5 at a time, shake the bowl until the balls are completely coated and place them on a greased or parchment-lined cookie sheet.
• 11 leave about 1 1/2 inches between balls.
• 12 bake for 10-12 minutes.
• 13 the cookies will flatten out and the surface will crack.
• 14 cool on wire racks.
• 15 after the cookies have cooled, i like to shake a little extra sugar on top using a sifter or a small strainer.