{"id":492,"date":"2007-12-01T22:17:14","date_gmt":"2007-12-02T03:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=492"},"modified":"2007-12-01T22:17:14","modified_gmt":"2007-12-02T03:17:14","slug":"Christmas Cookies - Chocolate Crinkles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=492","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Cookies &#8211; Chocolate Crinkles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Analise and I are embarking on a Christmas cookie adventure, and today, being December 1st was a perfect day to start.&nbsp; And these Chocolate Crinkle cookies from Family Fun magazine were the best start we could have hoped for!&nbsp; Easy and incredibly delicious. These are like little brownie bites.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3\/4 c. butter, melted<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 c. unsweetened cocoa powder<\/li>\n<li>1 c. sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 eggs<\/li>\n<li>2 t vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>2 c. flour<\/li>\n<li>1 t b aking powder<\/li>\n<li>1 t baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>6 ounces (half a bag or 1 cup, I think) mini semisweet chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 c. confectioner&#8217;s sugar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/familyfun.go.com\/Resources\/Cookbook\/FeatureRecipeImages\/0707_crinkles.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 187px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 153px\" src=\"http:\/\/familyfun.go.com\/Resources\/Cookbook\/FeatureRecipeImages\/0707_crinkles.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>In a large bowl, mix together the melted butter, cocoa powder and sugar. Whisk in the eggs and vanilla extract. In a medium-sized bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Use a large spoon to slowly add the dry ingredients to the chocolate mixture. Stir in the chips. Refrigerate the dough for 2 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Heat oven to 350 degrees. Form the dough into 1-inch balls, then roll them in confectioners&#8217; sugar. Bake the cookies on an ungreased baking sheet for 10 minutes. Set the baking sheet on a wire rack for 5 minutes, then lightly dust the cookies with the remaining confectioners&#8217; sugar. Transfer the cookies directly onto the rack to cool thoroughly. Makes about 4 dozen.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 85%\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/http\/\/jas.familyfun.go.com\/recipefinder\/display?id=15068\">Family Fun magazine here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>Mom tip!! Analise always wants to take little bites of dough or chocolate chips, etc. I&#8217;m constantly having to have her get off the stool, move over to the sink and wash her hands after taking a bite. And she wants to make her cookies into fun shapes, like snakes. And I feel pretty strongly that peanut butter cookies need to be in balls, not snakes. I know, I&#8217;m a control freak.&nbsp; I&#8217;m working on it, and kids are slowly but surely breaking me of it.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>But! I&#8217;ve started giving her a small chunk of dough, a toaster oven sized baking pan, a plate with sprinkles and chips, and moving her over to the table where she can shape, take bites, and decorate at her leisure. I&#8217;m even cooking her cookies in the toaster oven &#8211; usually same temp, but about half time, since her cookies are smaller than mine. It&#8217;s working WONDERFULLY! We&#8217;re all happy!<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/photos\/family\/07-dec\/a-crinkles\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Analise and I are embarking on a Christmas cookie adventure, and today, being December 1st was a perfect day to start.&nbsp; And these Chocolate Crinkle cookies from Family Fun magazine were the best start we could have hoped for!&nbsp; Easy and incredibly delicious. These are like little brownie bites. 3\/4 c. butter, melted 1\/2 c. 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