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Chocolate Crinkles

A chocolate cookie with a crinkled surface, made from melted chocolate, oil, sugar, flour, baking powder, eggs, and vanilla.

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Why it works: Vanilla and chocolate are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,020 recipes. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

Chocolate Crinkles

Oven350
Time10 to 12 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the dough

  1. Mix oil, chocolate and granulated sugar.

  2. Blend in 1 egg at a time until well mixed.

  3. Add vanilla.

  4. Stir flour, baking powder, and salt into oil mixture.

  5. Chill several hours or overnight.

Shape and bake

  1. Heat oven to 350.

  2. Drop teaspoonfuls of dough into confectioners' sugar.

  3. Roll in sugar; shape into balls.

  4. Place 2" apart on greased baking sheet.

  5. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until almost no imprint remains when touched lightly in center.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

868Calories
21 gProtein
29 gFat
126 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Vanilla + chocolatetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,020 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  2. Vanilla + sugartop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Vanilla + flourtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,241 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Chocolate + sugartop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,404 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Flour + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92,116 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

Vanilla and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Bind the dough and add structure and moisture as the cookies set.
All-purpose flour
Provides the structure that holds the cookies together as they bake.
Unsweetened chocolate
Supplies the chocolate flavor and a dense, fudgy texture.
Vegetable oil
Adds fat and moisture, keeping the cookies soft and tender.
Baking powder
Releases gas during baking so the cookies rise and lighten.

The step that matters

Chill the dough. The dough is soft and oily. Chilling firms the fat so the balls keep their shape and spread less in the oven, which helps the cracked sugar coating form.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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