God's GREATEST gift to the oven!

Comes from Williams-Sonoma and it is called:

The Williams-Sonoma Baking Book
The Essential Recipe Collection For Today's Home Baker

This Sunday I baked the most delicious chocolate crinkle cookies! They were so num. And the recipe came from the aforementioned book!

Here goes....

Crisp Chocolate Bites
Makes about 3 1/2 dozen (for me it made 26 cookies)

6 Tbs unsalted butter, cut in to pieces
2 oz unsweetened chocolate, chopped (I used a ghirardelli bar from the baking aisle the less sweet the better, it's simple to measure because the bar is 4 ounces, so just break it in half and there you go!)
1 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
3/4 cup all-purpose (plain) flour
1/4 cup unsweetened Dutch-processed cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking soda (bicarbonate of soda)
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup confectioners' (icing) sugar

Lightly Greae 2 baking sheets or line with parchment (baking) paper. Set aside.

In a small saucepan over VERY LOW heat, combine the butter and chocolate. Heat, stirring occasionally, just until melted and smooth.

Pour the chocolate mixture into a large bowl and let cool slightly. (I found that while I measured the dry ingredients, this was ample cooling time) Stir in the granulated sugar until evenly moistened. Add the egg and vanilla, beat until light and fluffy.

Sift the four, cocoa, baking soda, and salt together onto a sheet of waxed paper. (I measured all in to a bowl and whisked together with a fork, tadaa.) Gradually add the flour mixture to the chocolate mixture and stir to combine. Cover and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Remove cookie dough from the refrigerator. Shape the dough in to 1/4 inch balls and roll in the confectioners' sugar to coat completely. Place the balls about 1 1/2 inches apart on the prepared pans. Bake the cookies until puffed and cracked on top, about 12 minutes. They may appear underdone in the center but will turn crisp as they cool. Let the cookies cool on the pans on the wire racks for 2-3 minutes before transferring them to the racks to cool completely.

page 44 and in the cookies & bars chapter
ISBN-13: 978-1-60320-107-6 & ISBN-10: 1-60320-107-6

These were absolutely delish. Prep was not bad, and I did everything in the kitchen aide. Well aside from the chocolate melting.

I recommend everyone trying this recipe!

I had my friend Dacey over for dinner Sunday and we had a grand time hanging out. Played a round of yahtzee, and she whooped me at it! And get this, she even made me check her adding... and she'd under added and therefore won with my correction. HAha. I adore her, she is totally fabulous to hang out with! We had orange chicken and potstickers for dinner. The chicken was from trader joes and the pot stickers were from costco. But they were still delish!

If you feel like trying the recipe and you love it, leave me a comment!