christmas crinkles
One of my favorite parts of the holiday season is Starbucks' mochas. I love the fallish salted caramel mochas AND I love christmasy peppermint mochas. In fact, I don't really know which one I love more. While the rest of the year I am a grande, nonfat latte girl, starting in early November I alternate my two fav mochas.
Why not turn this obsession into a recipe? But instead of cupcakes, cookies. Basic chocolate crinkles two ways: salted caramel crinkles and peppermint double chocolate crinkles. Say hello to the holidays.
Christmas Crinkles
Ingredients:
1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
1 1/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 candy canes
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
1/2 cups caramel bits
1/2 powdered sugar
Sea salt
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes per batch
Yields: 36 cookies
Preheat oven to 350 F. Mix dry ingredients in a small bowl. Set aside.
Using a mixer on medium speed, cream butter and sugar. Stir in eggs and vanilla. Switch to a low speed and add flour mixture 1/2 cup at a time. Mix until well-blended.
Yum!! Break into carols cause Christmas time is finally here and you are making cookies!!!!
Crush candy canes with a food processor, sandwich bag and meat cleaver, or a mortar and pestle.
Divide dough in half and mix in candy canes and white chocolate chips.
Now, the caramel bits. A little bit of a fiasco in the Apple Cider Ice Cream, but brilliant in this batch of cookies.
Mix bits in other half of the dough.
Scoop a teaspoon of dough. Roll into a ball and douse with powder sugar. Place 2 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet.
Bake for 12 minutes. For the salted caramel crinkles, remove cookies from oven after 7 minutes and salt each cookie lightly.
Turn on some Christmas music. (I'm loving A Very She & Him Christmas.) Then, pour a cup of coffee and dive into a plate of Christmas crinkles.
Note: Recipe adapted from William-Sonoma's Kid's Baking by Abigail Dodge. One of my favorite cookbooks period and a great gift for kids.
christmastime, cookies, sweets
Reader Comments (4)
Looks incredible! Such an easy recipe. I think I'll bake these for my work Christmas party.
Mmmm, sounds delicious :)!
Delicious!!! Love that you can make two different cookies at once. Great post!! Loving your blog.
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