Old-Fashioned Crackle Cookies Recipe

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These are an old-fashioned favorite that my family loves. Kids can help by rolling them in confectioners' sugar and placing on greased baking sheets.

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Old-Fashioned Crackle Cookies Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch

Yield: 36 Servings

15 10 25

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
1/4 cup canola oil
2 eggs
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Confectioners' sugar

Directions

In a large bowl, beat sugar and oil until blended. Beat in eggs, chocolate and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to sugar mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate dough for at least 2 hours.
With sugared hands, shape dough into 1-in. balls. Roll in confectioners' sugar. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: about 3 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 63 calories, 3 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 12 mg cholesterol, 32 mg sodium, 10 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Crackle Cookies in The Taste of Home Cookbook , p560