Chocolate Crinkles

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CHOCOLATE CRINKLES

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup vegetable oil           4 squares unsweetened chocolate,
2 cups granulated sugar        (4 ozs.) melted
4 eggs                                  2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour      2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt                1 cup confectioners' sugar

Mix oil, chocolate and granulated sugar. Blend in one egg at a time until well mixed. Add vanilla. Measure flour by dipped method or by sifting. Stir flour, baking powder and salt into oil mixture. Chill several hours or overnight.

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Drop teaspoonfuls of dough into confectioners' sugar. Roll in sugar; shape into balls. Place 2-inches apart on greased baking sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes or until almost no imprint remains when touched lightly in center.

YIELD: 6 dozen

Recipe from Joyce Ann Porter.