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What is it?

This is a variation to the original chocolate crinkle cookies that I have previously posted.

Saying it again: Crinkle cookies (or “crinkles” as how I used to call it growing up), is like a brownie with its fudgy center and at the same time like a cookie having a light crisp on the outside. As mentioned, I have also made other variations. So far I have made the chocolate, ube (a.k.a purple yam), pandan, and red velvet.

Ingredients

Servings: 18-20 cookies

• 8 Tablespoons unsalted butter (softened at room temparature)
• 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup ube jam
• 1 teaspoon purple food coloring
• 1 teaspoon ube extract
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup powdered sugar

Instructions

1. Wet mixture: In a medium bowl, add sugar to the butter. Beat until light and fluffy (3-5 minutes in high speed).
2. Add 1 egg and continue to beat until well combined (in low speed this time).
3. Add ube jam, purple food coloring, ube extract, and vanilla extract. Mix until well combined.
4. Dry mixture: In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and salt until well combined.
5. Gradually add the dry mixture into the wet mixture.
6. Cover the dough with a plastic wrap (or if your mixing bowl has a cover, you may use that). Refrigerate 3-4 hours (or overnight).
7. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
8. To make an even cookie, use a cookie dough scooper or spoon and weigh each dough and roll into balls. The dough will be really sticky. Feel free to use latex or nitrile gloves to make rolling the dough easier.
9. Roll each ball into powdered sugar. You want to coat them generously.
10. Place cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Leave about 2 inches space between each cookie.
11. Bake for 12-15 minutes. Cookies will be soft when pulled out from the oven but they will harden as it cools.
12. After the cookies cool slightly. Move to a wire wrack or into another pan lined with parchment paper until fully cooled down. Enjoy!