Chocolate Crinkles

This is from an old cookbook. It looks like Mom wrote in her own version of the original, so I used her changes. Basically she doubled it and used cocoa instead of baking chocolate.

Chocolate Crinkles

My camera phone is pretty bad.

3/4 c cocoa
3/4 c oil
2 c sugar
4 eggs
2 t vanilla
2 c flour
2 t baking powder
1/2 t salt
1 c powdered sugar

The directions were for using baking chocolate, so I just mixed cocoa with the oil and continued as directed.

Combine, chocolate, oil, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Sift together and add flour, baking powder, and salt. Chill for an hour or place in freezer for a short time. Form into little balls and roll in powdered sugar. Place on greased baking sheet, but do not flatten. Bake at 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

They were good, but not great. I used some applesauce in place of the oil, and that made them pretty puffy. I probably won't make them again. There has to be a better recipe out there for chocolate crinkles.