I love this time of the year when my kitchen becomes a sort of a little pastry laboratory and new recipes and flavors are invading it. This year for Christmas I tried the Chocolate Crinkles recipe with a twist – I added some orange zest for a plus of flavor and they were heaven – soft and rich of flavor.
Ingredients:
- 60g unsalted butter - 230g dark chocolate - 100g granulated sugar - 2 large eggs - 2 teaspoon vanilla extract - 200g all purpose flour - a pinch of salt - 1 ts baking powder - orange zest - 100g confectioner’s sugar sifted for coating
Instructions:
- Break chocolate and put it together with butter in a heatproof bowl; place it over a saucepan with barely simmering water (bain-marie) and allow them to melt stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and let it cool to room temperature.
- In a large bowl beat eggs with sugar using a mixer until thick, pale and fluffy; add the vanilla extract and mix well; pour over the chocolate mixture and beat until incorporated.
- In a separate bowl whisk together flour, salt, baking powder and orange peel.
- Add dry ingredients to the chocolate mixture and stir until incorporated. You will get a rather creamy dough.
- Cover it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for several hours (I let it overnight).
- Heat oven to 165°C.
- Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- Place confectioner’s sugar in a wide bowl.
- Form from the chilled dough small balls the size of a walnut (2,5 cm) and roll each ball in sugar making sure each ball is completely coated. Place the sugar coated balls on the prepared baking sheets.
- Bake the cookies for 8-10′.
- The cookies must remain soft in the middle.
They look quite pretty and I am sure everybody will love them.
They will be a delicious holiday treat and you can have them with an afternoon tea.
Enjoy!
Hugs and kisses!
xoxo
La multi ani Diana! An Nou cu tot ce-ti doresti tu!
Multumesc, draga mea! Un An Nou minunat si tie! <3
sunt grozavi, de cand ii am si eu pe lista. la multi ani si aici, sa iti mearga bine, sa fiti sanatosi si voiosi tot anul!
Mulțumesc și aici Didi! Un an plin de împliniri și vouă <3