CHOCOLATE TIME, ARE YOU READY?!!
For whatever reason, in the past, my cookie posts have not done well. C'mon, everybody loves cookies, am I right?!
Random sidenote: I’ve got food all over my phone about 80% of the time now. It’s ridiculous. I love that I’ve been finding more reasons to use it recently but that’s the downside is that I always manage to get it messy while I’m in the kitchen.
So, I was in the mood the other day to make something a little less rich and very basic. Sometimes those are my favorite recipes and I’d say time has proven that the simple and easy recipes are always the ones we go back to over and over again.
One of my brothers said that they tasted just like these cake doughnuts he remembered from when he was younger and then my Mom said they were one of her new favorite cookies to have around. Yeah, I’m definitely counting these as a winning recipe.
They’re not too sweet or overpowering, just perfectly balanced and soft. Also, if you want you could even add some bitter-sweet chocolate chips to give them that extra yum factor we all love, MMmm! I love how they look all crinkly and each one comes out so unique. These are great for any occasion and definitely a classic I think you’ll be happy to have in your family’s cookie recipe collection.
RECIPE
Yield: about 30 cookies
Ingredients
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/3 cup oil
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups flour
2/3 cup powdered sugar, for rolling cookies in
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 C). Beat together the sugar and butter in a medium mixing bowl until creamed. Add the salt, soda, vanilla, and cocoa and mix until combined. Stir in the egg, then add the flour 1 cup at a time until the dough comes together.
- Roll the dough into balls, about 2 tablespoons each, and place them about 2 inches apart on a parchment lined baking tray. Pour the powdered sugar into a shallow bowl or pie pan and roll each one in it to coat well. Place them back on the tray and bake for 8 - 10 minutes, or until the edges start to darken slightly. Remove from oven and cool for a minimum of 5 minutes before taking them off the tray. You can eat them soft and warm or allow them to cool for a while if you like them more solid.
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No matter how many cookies you bake, it simply wouldn't be enough, I'm a cookie monster lol These look delicious, Upvoted
Thanks so much @verbal-d
You're very welcome
Looks yummy:)
Thanks so much for commenting @sircarlo!
These look delicious and easy to make! I have most ingredients lying around the house most of the time, so that's definitely a plus.
Bookmarking this to try out later :D
Awesome, I hope they turn out well for you. Thanks so much for commenting!
These look awesome Gringa!
Thanks so much @catharcissism. Thank you so much for taking the time to comment
My pleasure, thanks for taking the time to craft your wonderful blog posts.
in need of those right now! i hope that's got less calories @gringalicious
Oh yeah, these don't have calories, no worries @immarojas!
shoot..already shared in facebook.
Thanks so much for sharing!
the way i see it..its their gain to cook it ;)
maybe i should learn to bake to be able to taste all these stuff. it'll mess my life lol
Yummy looking as always, and nothing fishy this time! :)
Nope, kept the fishy out of this one
Sharing again :) , I'm too easy with chocolate :D ,
They look delicious , the softness does show :)
I would only say you need some colors to contrast , but the winter theme suits them just fine.
Thanks :) I'm off to dream sweet chocolate :D
, maybe stop by my posts if you find the time to unwind :)
Already upvoted your post. Thanks so much for commenting on mine!
(huggs)
I like chocolate, makes me want to eat chocolate.
Chocolate is a very good food for the mind or the power of our memory.
I totally agree. I'm sorry, what were we talking about?
yes
i like, you when sharing with chocolate
thanks you @gringalicious
You are very welcome @birrulibmc. Thank you so much for commenting
Yum yum! Look delicious
Thank you for your kind words @michaelsteemit
Yum - Yum!
Thanks so much for commenting, Olga - @olga.maslievich
Those looked so delicous ! I upvoted a while back but didnt have time to comment ! Mmmmm you know I love chocolate !👍😉
Thanks so much @karenmckersie, thanks for commenting!
Looking at this again is making me gain weight!
Yeah, sorry about that!
It's all good! =D
beautiful !I like chocolate!
I am so glad you liked it @helene
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I know I joke about it, but have you considered making steemit's first food delivery service. We could pay you in steem and you could ship your goodies worldwide...think about it.. I'd be your first customer :)
I'm at the end of the world, shipping is crazy expensive from here. Now, maybe first cookbook, that I could see.
Nom nom nom! These look so good. Great pictures as always!
Thanks so much, Amy!
Glad to see your cookie post getting the attention it deserves! They look gorgeous - I too like the crinkly-ness :-)
I keep meaning to thank you for all the post promotions on Steemit Chat. I'm afraid I don't get a lot of time to return the favour so much for you guys, as once I've done my post it's usually bed time for the little one, or bed time for myself!!! But much appreciated.
No worries, whatsoever. I don't do it for reciprocity, really, don't worry about it. And you are totally welcome! Thank you for all of the kind and encouraging comments!