Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Total Time: 37 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 175 g chocolate, chopped
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 175 g plain flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 eggs, at room temperature
• 150 g caster sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 60 g icing sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 160 degrees.
• 2 melt chocolate and butter over a small pan of simmering water or in a microwave until smooth.
• 3 cool slightly.
• 4 in a seperate bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt.
• 5 beat eggs and sugar with electric mixture until pale, about 2 minutes.
• 6 reduce speed and add chocolate mix and vanilla extract.
• 7 add flour mixture until blended together.
• 8 cover bowl and put in fridge for 1 1/2 hours, or even up to 2 days.
• 9 put icing sugar in a small bowl.
• 10 shape the dough into 4cm balls and roll in the sugar.
• 11 put them on baking sheets lined with baking paper and press down lightly with your hand to flatten.
• 12 bake for 12-15 minutes for soft centres and set edges.
• 13 let cool on a baking sheets for 5 minutes.
• 14 turn on to wire rack to cool.