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Easy Chocolate Macaroon Cookies

More commonly known as chocolate crinkles. These cookies are a delicious addition to your cookie platter at Christmastime, but don't wait till Christmas to bake them. They are too good to wait for!
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Cook Time 8 minutes
Course Dessert

Ingredients
  

  • 2 square baking chocolate (or 1 ounce)
  • 1/2 stick butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1/8 tsp vanilla
  • Confectioners' sugar (powdered sugar)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • Melt chocolate and butter over low heat
  • Add 1 cup sugar and mix well
  • Add the eggs and mix well
  • Add flour, baking powder, salt and mix well
    adding flour, salt and baking powder to dough
  • Add vanilla
  • Place dough in refrigerator overnight
  • Drop a teaspoon scoop into powdered sugar and roll into balls the size of a walnut
    dough placed in powdered sugar
  • Bake on cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 8 minutes
  • Remove from oven and let cookies sit on cookie sheet for 1 minute so as not to crumble the cookie when removing from the cookie sheet
    baked cookies on baking sheet
  • Place cookies on cooling rack
  • Recipe makes approximately 4 ½ dozen cookies