Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Name: Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Yield: Makes 22 cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup (5 ounces/142 grams), all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup (1 1/2 ounces/43 grams), unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon, baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 1 1/2 cups packed (10 1/2 ounces/298 grams), brown sugar; 3 , large eggs; 4 teaspoons, instant espresso powder (optional); 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 4 ounces (113 grams), unsweetened chocolate, chopped; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces/99 grams), granulated sugar; 1/2 cup (2 ounces/57 grams), confectioners' sugar

Desserts or Baked Goods
Chocolate
Cookies
Holiday

By Sarah Mullins ･ Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2014, America's Test Kitchen TV

Most chocolate crinkle cookies are neither chocolaty nor crinkly. We solved the problem.

SERVES Makes 22 cookies

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 20 minutes cooling

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