I have been adding recipes for a while to a new cookbook so I could find them when I wanted to cook them. In the electronic age, a digital version seems to make more sense, since I can add, amend, advise, adjust, delete, and reconsider as often as I want to and you can access them if and when you please. I've included the recipes from my original cookbook which many of you have. I'm also going to be adding pictures as I retest many of these recipes. They aren't the latest thing or nouvelle cuisine. They're comfort food, good memories, treasured family recipes, and occasional treats as well as many healthier recipes I've grown to like in recent years. I encourage you to add comments, pictures, and favorite recipes to make this a real family cooking spot. It's the next best thing to sharing a meal.






Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Chocolate Crackles

8 oz. bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup Dutch process cocoa powder
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/3 cups packed light brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1/3 cup milk
1 cup powdered sugar
 
Melt chocolate.  Set aside to cool.  In a medium bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt.  In mixer bowl, beat butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and combine well.  Add melted chocolate and then flour mixture alternately with milk.  Mix on low speed until just combined.  Shape dough into a flattened disk and wrap with plastic wrap. Chill in refrigerator until firm, about 2 hours.   Line baking sheets with parchment paper.  Shape dough into 1 inch balls, using heaping teaspoon of dough for each.  Roll each ball in powdered sugar until completely coated.  If any dough is visible, roll again.  Place cookies on prepared baking sheets, 2 inches apart. Bake at 350 degrees until flat and the sugar coating splits, 12 to 15 minutes, rotating halfway through.  Transfer to wire rack and let cool completely.  

These look so interesting, and taste good too. 

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