Tis the Season!
Hello there! It’s been quite a while but I missed you guys too much and so I’m back with an amazing recipe for santa’s cookies ;)- chocolate crinkle cookies! I had to. Hope you’re having a wonderful holiday season. I still can’t believe it’s the end of the year. Not only the year but a whole decade is done! Well, like many, I have love and hate relationship with end of the year. Love because it feels super festive and joyful.
There’s so much deliciousness everywhere. The house smells incredible with so many delicious baked goodies which I just can’t help myself but dig in to. But most importantly, I get to spend the end of the year with my loved ones. All that is great but this is where the hate comes in; the weather. Ugh! I do not like this sub zero weather at all. This forces every activity to be indoors, which doesn’t help with the food cravings either. Some may argue that it’s all cosy and snugly but when you have to run errands it is the worst. But who cares, right! It’s the season of spreading love and cheer.
Santa Goodies- Chocolate Crinkle Cookies.
Every year I bake 2-3 different kinds of cookies for edible gift baskets. And this year the basket includes Chocolate Crinkle Cookies. These boozy, fudgy and chocolaty cookies are irresistible, diet or not you’re in. They have a perfect fudgy texture that you’ll love. It’s almost as if chocolate gingerbread cookie and chocolate brownie had a baby. Yeah, it’s that good. The result is this decadent and moreish chocolate crinkle cookies. This recipe was given to me by a chef back in school almost 12-13 years ago, and it’s still my favorite recipe for cookies.
I used bitter sweet chocolate with 72% cocoa. If you want to use darker than that, then I would suggest using some milk chocolate with it to balance out the bitterness. I do find that 72% chocolate has a perfect balance and adds that rich chocolaty flavor without being too sweet. You’ll see that I used pistachio meal in these chocolate crinkle cookies. However, you could totally use almond meal instead. In fact, I have always made these cookies with almond meal in previous years, but my husband is a huge pistachio lover, so pistachio it was.
Boozing Out.
For the liqueur I did a combination of grand mariner and spiced rum. Yum! If this doesn’t shout holiday flavor, I don’t know what does. I don’t drink, but I hardly ever bake without liqueur. And it is the festive season so I did a few extra dashes just to get it there :). Now we all know that chocolate and orange is a match made in heaven. So believe me, when I say the orange flavor from the orange zest in these chocolate crinkle cookies, is beyond heavenly. The grand mariner and spiced rum combined in there adds more to that heavenly flavor.
I haven’t baked these cookies since I moved to MN (almost 4 years). I almost lost my chocolate crinkle cookies recipe, but when I found it I was so excited and had to make them this year. As you may have noticed I have been away for a while, it’s because been dealing through some medical stuff this year. That combined with this weather, chocolate feels like my best friend. Also I feel excited to share this recipe with you guys, just in time for last minute holiday baking.
Cookies Cracking?
These chocolate crinkle cookies are super simple and easy to make. No mixers required. You would need a medium size ice cream scoop and a pot of hot water. Dip the scoop each time before scooping the batter, this will prevent the batter to stick to the scoop. You would be scooping out the batter straight into the icing sugar, and roll it nicely in the sugar. You’ll notice the cookies will start to crack while baking- chocolate crinkle cookies.
Along with these chocolate crinkle cookies, I am also baking Rugelach. I have been baking rugelach every year without fail for almost 10 years now. It’s a no fail recipe. So if you looking for non chocolaty cookies, then do check this recipe out. If you are a ginger bread or traditional sugar cookie person then check out these recipes for Citrus rose and lavender snowflake cookies and/or gingerbread chocolate mint cookies.
I would love to hear from you if you go ahead and make any of these cookies (chocolate crinkle cookies or rugelach). Please share with me on my Facebook page or my Instagram or even tag me once you put it up on your page. Have a lovely holiday season and a wonderful time with family and friends. I love you all. Happy holidays!
Booze, nuts, and chocolate. The end! I mean these cookies are everything. The chocolate paired with orange zest, grand mariner and spiced rum is heavenly. The pistachios are a great nutty addition for the chewy bit. A perfect and totally moreish holiday cookies.
- 340 grams (12 oz) Bittersweet Chocolate (72 % Cocoa)
- 57 grams (2 oz) butter
- 59 ml (2 oz) grand marnier
- 59 ml (2 oz) spiced rum
- 3 each whole eggs
- 1 large orange zest
- 100 grams (3.5 oz) sugar
- 85 grams (3oz) pistachio meal (could use almond meal as well)
- 85 grams (3 oz) all purpose flour
- 1.5 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
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Sift all the dry ingredients.
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Melt chocolate and butter over double boiler. Then add run and grand marnier.
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While the chocolate melts, whip eggs and sugar to ribbon stage. This might take 5-8 minutes.
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Fold the eggs into chocolate mix.
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Then fold in the dry ingredients. The batter will be slightly on the runny side which is totally fine.
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Put the batter in refrigerator to chill for overnight. It will get thicken.
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Boil some water and keep aside. This will be used to dip the scoop before scooping out the cookie batter. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
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Take the batter out before baking. Using a medium size round ice cream scoop, scoop out the batter and put it in icing sugar. Dip the scoop each time in hot water before scooping out the batter. This will prevent the dough to stick to the scoop.
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Roll out the scooped dough in icing sugar and bake until set but not hard for 8-10 minutes.
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Do not over bake them. While baking the cookies will start to crack in 2-3 minutes. After 8-10 minutes the cookies should feel a bit firm but not hard.
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These cookies are fudgy from inside and taste a bit like brownies. Enjoy with coffee, tea, milk or just plain.
3 Comments
They look so amazing ….I just want to try making them soon❤
Great recipe and gorgeous looking cookies. Perfect for the season!
The perfect mid-afternoon indulgence with a warm cup of coffee or tea when the toddler takes his nap and just before the husband comes home. Its so rich yet so light. My husband may or may not have gotten any.