Crackle-Top Cookie Ingredients

The name for these easy-to-make and succulent cookies comes from the fact that the baking of the cookies causes ‘crackles’ in the powdered sugar coating. Kids LOVE to help roll the unbaked cookies in the powdered sugar, so summon help!

Crackle-Top Cookie Batter

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ tsp. baking powder
• ¼ tsp. salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 6 tbs. butter, at room temperature
• 1 ½ tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup powdered sugar

Crackle-Top Cookie Dough Balls

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Microwave 1 cup chocolate for 1 minute. Stir. Microwave at 10 seconds intervals until completely melted.
3. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt.
4. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat sugar, butter, and vanilla.  Add melted chocolate until well blended.  Incorporate eggs, one at a time. Gradually incorporate flour mixture in the chocolate mixture. Stir in remaining 1/2 cup chocolate chips. Chill until firm, about 30 minutes.
5. Shape cooled dough into 1 ½” balls (about 1 teaspoon).  Place powdered sugar in a shallow dish and roll dough balls into it to cover completely.
6. Place balls onto ungreased cookie sheets.  Bake for 13-15 minutes ( the cookies won’t be set in the center! ).
7. Cool cookies for 5 minutes on the cookie sheets, then transfer to a rack to completely cool.

Makes 24 cookies.