5 Flavors of Perfect Crinkles for Your Home or Business

Photo by Yuna Delle Polintan

I learned baking through Youtube University, Google and through reading posts from various Facebook cooking pages. I baked and just baked to get the perfect stuff.  It still didn't make me the best but I got more patient along the way.  Whoever said baking could solve an attitude problem for me?  I was always impatient and that resulted in wrong choices in life. But that is a different story.  Today I am here to talk about how you can make crinkles in five different ways.  Whichever way you choose is definitely a winner. 

Crinkles are those cake-like cookies rolled in confectioner's sugar.  It is soft in the inside and its flavor and goodness peek from its cracks.  The recipes are proven and tested by one of the members of Cake Out Police (COP) Facebook Group that I joined, Ms. Elizabeth Solis.  She started with just one recipe of chocolate crinkles that is handed down to her by a fellow admin of the group. She enjoyed it very much that she decided to search for more crinkles recipe on the internet.  She continuously tried different flavors and suggested to us which ones work best. To date, she tried 20 ways to make crinkles.  She patiently tried each recipe before sharing them with us.  This helped some home bakers in our group to bake goodies that are at par with the commercial brands which are a big help to our home businesses.  Crinkles are a good addition to any dessert table because it is fast and easy to do.  You don't need superhero abilities to create these babies.   What you only need is patience, my dear, patience.

For additional baking hacks READ:  5 Tricks to Make the Perfect Chocolate Crinkle

Without further ado,  pick the best crinkles recipe for you.  

OREO CHOCOLATE CRINKLES
(Ingredients from Fit N Cookies)

Photo by Honey Simon

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup unsalted butter

1 1/4 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 2/3 cups All-purpose flour

1/4 tsp salt

1 1/2 baking powder

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

14-16 Oreos (I use only 12, but you can use more or less

Icing sugar (for coating)

PROCEDURE

1. Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
2. Add in one egg at a time, until blended and add in vanilla.
3. Mix the flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt in the same bowl.
4. Crumbled up the Oreos and mix them with the rest of the ingredients.  I used a spatula to mix the Oreos.
5. Cover with plastic and chill for 4 hours or overnight.
6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
7. Roll dough into 1 inch wide balls, then roll in icing sugar.
8. Bake in a preheated oven for  10-12 mins (mine was 10 mins, then leave the crinkles in the pan for 5-10 mins before transferring to the cooling rack).

MATCHA CRINKLES

INGREDIENTS

6 oz Chipits pure White Chocolate Chips

Photo by Elizabeth Solis

 (or use any brand that is available in your area)

1/4/ cup plus 2 tbs unsalted butter

1 tsp Vanilla extract

1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs (room temperature)

1 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 tbsp matcha powder

1 cup icing/powdered sugar plus 2 tbs cornstarch (mix together)

PROCEDURE:

1. Melt butter and chocolate chips in a microwave oven or in a small saucepan.  Set over at low heat.  Stir until smooth then add vanilla.  Set aside.
2. Beat the sugar and eggs until thick and smooth.  Add the melted chocolate. Mix to combine.
3. Sift the flour, matcha powder, baking powder, and salt.  Mix until combined.  (What I do is I sift in the dry ingredients in a separate bowl then add them to the wet ingredients)
4. Cover with plastic and chill for 4 hours or overnight or until firm.
5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
6. Roll the dough into 1 inch ball (1 tbs) then roll the balls in powdered sugar.
7. Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes. Let it stand on the cookie sheet for 1 minute before transferring to cooling racks to cool.

LEMON CRINKLES

By Lauren's Latest

Photo by Brenda Mea

INGREDIENTS

1/2 butter softened ( i used margarine)    

1 cup sugar (I used less, 3/4 cup)
 1/2 tsp vanilla

1 large egg

2 tsp lemon zest    (or use more)

1 T fresh lemon juice

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/8 tsp baking soda

1 1/2  cup all-purpose flour

1/2 cup icing sugar with 1T cornstarch

PROCEDURE

1. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy
2. Whip in vanilla, egg, lemon zest and juice
3. Mix in all dry ingredients slowly until just combined.
4. Wrap in a plastic and chill for 4 hours.
5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
6. Roll the dough into 1/2 Tbs ball and roll into powdered sugar
7. Bake in a preheated oven for 9-11 minutes.  Let it stand in the cookie sheet for 3 mins before transferring to cooling rack.

CHOCOLATE BANANA CRINKLES

Inspired by Choco-Nana Crinkles by Kitchen Kemistry

INGREDIENTS

BOWL 1

1 cup plus 2T All purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/8 tsp salt

BOWL 2

3/4 Cup plus 2T sugar

1/4 cup corn oil 

1/2 cup cocoa powder

1/2 cup banana puree (I used mashed banana) or apple sauce

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup confectioner's sugar plus 2T cornstarch

PROCEDURE

1.  Put BOWL 2 ingredients in the mixer, mix at low speed for 5-7 minutes.
2. Sift and mix together the ingredients of BOWL 1.
3. Using a spatula, add BOWL 1 to BOWL 2 by 2 tablespoon at a time.  Do folding technique.  Do not over mix.  Mix until just when the dry ingredients disappear into the wet ingredients.
4. Cover with plastic and chill for 4 hours.
5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
6. Roll dough into 1 inch wide balls, then roll in icing sugar.
7. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes.
8. Remove from the oven and let stand in the pan for 4-4 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.

UBE CRINKLES

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2 cup all purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup unsalted butter

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg

1/2 cup ube jam/halaya (Mountain Maid Training Center)

1 tsp ube flavoring(Mc Cormick ube flavor)

1 cup powdered sugar

PROCEDURE

1.  Sift flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl and set aside.
2. Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.  
3. Beat in the egg.
4. Add in ube jam and ube flavoring then gradually add the dry ingredients to the butter and sugar mix.
5. Cover the bowl with cling wrap and chill for 4 hours or overnight.
6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)
7. Using a 25 oz (1 1/2 teaspoon) ice cream scoop, roll the cookie dough into balls and coat with powder sugar.
8. Bake  7 minutes or until done.  Let it stand on the cookie sheet for 1 minute before transferring to cooling racks to cool

These crinkles will surely be a hit at your table.  Kids and kids at heart will love them.  One advice though, bake your cookies immediately as soon as you roll the dough and roll it into confectioner's sugar.  The colder your dough, the less it will spread into the pan and the more you will get defined cracks in your cookies.  Don't let the cookies with powdered sugar sit out for long.  The cookies will only absorb the sugar and make it sweeter that they are supposed to.

(Read here if you want the traditional recipe for Chocolate Crinkles)

Having said that, I am now craving for coffee because anything that is sweet and baked is the perfect match for a steaming hot, brewed coffee.  I will try to have crinkles series by Ms. Elizabeth Solis so stay tuned for more.  And if it doesn't hurt you a bit, please follow me on Instagram:  iam.theladyboss.

So what are you all waiting for?  Let's bake!!!

Credits to the original owners of the Recipes.