Recipe: Chocolate Crinkles

These are one of my favorite cookies probably because they're chocolate and have powdered sugar coating them. The inside stays nice and chewy while the edges are crisped up. They can be messy to roll but but worth it.

1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup vegetable or canola oil
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
confectioners sugar

Combine the cocoa powder, sugar, and oil in a medium bowl. Add eggs, one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. In a separate combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to the cocoa mixture and combine well. Cover and refrigerate for about 4 hours until the dough is firm enough to handle and shape in to spheres.
In a shallow dish add confectioners sugar. Roll the chilled dough into 1-inch balls by hand. Then roll until completely coated in the confectioners sugar. Place on to covered cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 8-12 minutes. The edges should be firm but the insides soft. Allow to cool shortly on  the cookie sheet before transferring.

Notes:
No need to press them down, they will spread out on there own.