5 Easy Chocolate Christmas Crinkle Cookie Recipes

These 5 easy chocolate Christmas crinkle cookie recipes provide you with options to make the recipe that best fits your lifestyle, baking talent and schedule. In fact, these recipes are so easy that you might just find yourself making more than one.

To make the first recipe for chocolate Christmas crinkle cookies, you will need:

• 4 tbsp. unsalted butter
• 8 oz. semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs, large
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• Salt
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• Powder sugar

1. Melt chocolate and butter over low heat until just combined.
2. Mix flour and baking soda in a separate bowl. Add pinch of salt, if desired.
3. With a hand mixer, beat eggs and sugar until no longer grainy.
4. Add vanilla extract and chocolate.
5. Add flour mixture to chocolate mixture and mix thoroughly.
6. Refrigerate mixture until firm.
7. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
8. Grease baking sheets.
9. Roll dough into one inch balls and coat with powdered sugar. Place in even rows on baking sheet.
10. Bake for eight to ten minutes.
11. Remove from heat and let cool for two minutes before removing from baking sheet.

To make the second recipe for chocolate Christmas crinkle cookies, you will need:

• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 oz. unsweetened chocolate
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• powdered sugar

1. Melt chocolate over low heat.
2. Using an electric mixer, blend eggs, sugar, oil, baking powder, vanilla and melted chocolate.
3. Add flour to mixture at small intervals until completely blended.
4. Cover dough and refrigerate for two hours.
5. Heat oven to 375 degrees.
6. Roll dough into even sized balls.
7. Place balls in bowl of powdered sugar; roll until coated.
8. Bake for eight to ten minutes.
9. Sprinkle with more powdered sugar if desired.

To make the third recipe for chocolate Christmas crinkle cookies, you will need:

• 1 stick of butter
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 2 oz. unsweetened chocolate
• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 tbsp. milk
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• powdered sugar

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Melt chocolate over low heat and let cool.
2. Cream butter with a hand mixer. Add sugar and blend until no longer grainy.
3. Add vanilla, eggs and melted chocolate until blended.
4. Add flour, baking soda and milk, alternating between the dry and wet ingredients.
5. Add chopped pecans.
6. Shape dough into balls and place on greased baking sheet.
7. Dust dough balls with powdered sugar.
8. Bake for fourteen to sixteen minutes.
9. Serve warm.

To make the fourth recipe for chocolate Christmas crinkle cookies, you will need:

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1, 12 oz. package semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tbsp. butter
• 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 egg whites
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Combine flour, baking powder and salt.
3. Melt one cup chocolate chips over low heat, stirring constantly.
4. With a hand mixer, beat sugar butter and vanilla until smooth.
5. Add melted chocolate, egg whites and water. Slowly add water.
6. Cover and leave in refrigerator until dough is firm.
7. Place powdered sugar in bowl.
8. Shape dough into even sized balls and roll in powdered sugar.
9. Bake on cookie sheet for ten to fifteen minutes.
10. Serve while still slightly warm.

To make the fifth recipe for chocolate Christmas crinkle cookies, you will need:

• 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease two cookie sheets.
2. Mix flour, baking powder and salt together.
3. Mix cocoa, sugar and vegetable oil in bowl using hand mixer.
4. Add eggs one at a time and vanilla and blend completely.
5. Add flour mixture to other ingredients slowly, blend thoroughly before adding more flour.
6. Refrigerate dough for at least four hours.
7. Place powdered sugar into bowl.
8. Roll dough into one inch balls and cover in powdered sugar.
9. Bake for ten to twelve minutes.
10. Let cool completely before serving.