Taste of Home
Crackle Cookies
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 20 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch
YIELD: about 1-1/2 dozen.
Because these cookies crack on top, my granddaughter thinks I make a mistake when I bake them—until she takes a bite! They’re very close to my Mama’s wonderful chocolate cookie recipe. —Ruth Cain, Hartselle, Alabama
Ingredients
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1/2 cup sugar
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2 tablespoons canola oil
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1 ounce unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
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1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 large egg
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1/2 cup all-purpose flour
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1/2 teaspoon baking powder
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1/8 teaspoon salt
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Confectioners' sugar
Directions
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1.
In a bowl, beat sugar, oil, chocolate and vanilla until blended. Beat in egg. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into sugar mixture. Refrigerate, covered, 2 hours or until firm enough to handle.
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2.
Preheat oven to 350°. With sugared hands, shape dough into 1-in. balls; roll in confectioners' sugar. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes or until set. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.
Nutrition Facts
1 cookie: 60 calories, 3g fat (1g saturated fat), 10mg cholesterol, 32mg sodium, 9g carbohydrate (6g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.
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