Chocolate Crinkles

Chocolate Crinkles are like bite-size brownie pieces, full of chocolatey goodness! The ingredients are simple, but using a good-quality cocoa powder is important! The recipe below makes about 36 cookies. The cookies turn out really elegant with the confectioners' sugar; it looks like it came from the bakery! Also, the cookies are even better the next day, when the cocoa has time to mellow.

Chocolate Crinkles

1/2 c. unsweetened cocoa powder
1 c. white sugar
4 tbsp. vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 c. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
4 tbsp. confectioner's sugar

Ingredients:

1. In a medium bowl, mix together cocoa, white sugar, and vegetable oil. Beat in eggs, one at a time, then stir in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in separate bowl, then stir flour mixture into cocoa mixture. Cover dough, and chill in fridge until firm. (Original recipe says to chill for 4 hours, but Tiff chilled the dough for only 30 minutes and it turned out fine.) 
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line cookie sheets with foil or parchment paper. Rough dough into 1 inch balls. Coat each bowl with confectioners' sugar, then arrange on prepared cookie sheets about 1 inch apart. 
3. Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cookies stand on cookie sheet for a minute, then transfer to wire racks to cool.