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Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Festive like winter snowflakes, these chocolate crinkle cookies (or crackle cookies) have a wonderful nutty flavor to set these cookies apart from the others!

Almond chocolate crackle cookies on a white dish

I’m back. I took a day off from cookie recipes to watch in the installation of my new kitchen appliances! I’m loving my new cooktop and my new ovens are begging to bake me something in them!

Yes, Santa came early for me and I’m a happy camper! Of course, I’m burned out on baking and cooking, but I certainly will start the new year off with the right supplies!

Why this recipe is so great

Today’s cookie is this chocolate crinkle cookie (or crackle cookie). It’s another recipe I found in the 2010 Martha Stewart Holiday Cookie Magazine. And they are ah-mazing!

Unlike the usual crinkle cookies, this version has almond meal in it. And it adds a wonderful a nuttiness with the chocolate. They are easy to whip up – my kids loved helping me make them.

And they are so festive! I love how the chocolate contrasts with the white of the sugar crackle. They look like snowflakes!

And if you want more nut-based Christmas cookies, you should try my Sand Tarts (aka Pecan Snowball Cookies).

Ingredients you need

Step-by-step directions

1. In a double boiler, melt chocolate on medium to medium-low heat. Let cool slightly. Set aside.

melting chocolate in a double boiler

2. Grind almonds in a food processor until fine crumbs are formed.

Toasted almonds puréed in a food processor

3. Add flour, baking powder and salt to ground almonds and pulse until mixed.

Mixing up chocolate cookie dough in a mixing bowl

4. Using a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, mix together butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla extract, mix until well combined.

Eggs and vanilla extract added to cookie batter

5. Mix in melted chocolate.

Combining chocolate batter with egg-brown sugar mixture to make up cookies

6. Add in almond-flour mixture and slowly mix until combined. Cover and chill for 1 hour.

Mixing up almond chocolate crackle cookie dough batter in a stand mixer

7. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll dough balls in the granulated sugar, then roll again with confectioner’s sugar.

Rolling balls of chocolate cookie dough in powdered sugar

8. Place dough balls on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat, spacing 1-inch apart.

Chocolate snowball cookies covered in powdered sugar on a baking sheet

9. Bake at 350ºF for 8 minutes then rotate the sheet. Bake for an additional 7-10 minutes, or until surface cracks. Let cookies cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes. Transfer cookies to cooling rack to completely cool.

Expert Tips and Recipe FAQS

If you do not have a food processor, instead of buying blanched almonds, you can use almond meal. One cup of almonds is about 5-5.2 ounces of almond meal.

How long will chocolate crackle cookies last?

Cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.

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Yield: 48 cookies

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Almond chocolate crinkle cookies on a white dish

Festive like winter snowflakes, these chocolate crinkle cookies (or crackle cookies) have a wonderful nutty flavor to set these cookies apart from the others!

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Additional Time 35 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 8 oz bittersweet chocolate, chopped
  • 1 cup blanched almonds
  • ½ cup all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup powdered sugar

Instructions

    1. In a double boiler, melt chocolate on medium to medium-low heat.
      Let cool slightly. Set aside.
    2. Grind almonds in a food processor: until fine crumbs.
    3. Add flour, baking powder and salt to ground almonds and pulse until mixed.
    4. Using a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, mix together butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
    5. Add eggs and vanilla extract, mix until well combined.
    6. Mix in melted chocolate.
    7. Add in almond-flour mixture and slowly mix until combined.
    8. Cover and chill for 1 hour.
    9. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
    10. Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
    11. In a small plate, place 1 cup granulated sugar. On a separate plate, place powdered sugar.
    12. Roll dough balls in the granulated sugar, then roll again with confectioner's sugar.
    13. Place dough balls on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat, spacing 1-inch apart.
    14. Bake for 8 minutes then rotate the sheet. Bake for an additional 7-10 minutes, or until surface cracks.
    15. Let cookies cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes.
    16. Transfer cookies to cooling rack to completely cool.
    17. Cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.

Notes

Serving Suggestions: Also great with walnuts and pecans, too.

Recipe adapted from Martha Stewart Holiday Cookies, December 2011

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

48

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 107Total Fat: 5gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 57mgCarbohydrates: 15gFiber: 1gSugar: 13gProtein: 1g

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