Here's a link to Chocolate Crinkle cookies that I was planning on making
today with my 6 year old. Your recipe sounds better though.

http://kidscooking.about.com/od/chri...klecookies.htm

Anyone know if I can substitute canola oil for the vegetable oil in your
recipe? All I have is canola and olive oil on hand.



Little Malice wrote:
> One time on Usenet, " > said:
>
>> I tried this online Betty Crocker recipe that called for vegetable oil
>> and I was stooopid enough to do it:
>>
>> Chocolate Crinkles:
>>
>> 1/2 cup vegetable oil
>> 4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled
>> 2 cups granulated sugar
>> 2 teaspoons vanilla
>> 4 eggs
>> 2 cups Gold Medal=AE all-purpose flour
>> 2 teaspoons baking powder
>> 1/2 teaspoon salt
>> 1/2 cup powdered sugar
>>
>> Well, it turned into a complete disaster. Once in the oven they
>> turned into a super thin pancake. total waste of time. Who ever
>> heard of using vegetable oil in a cookie recipe? It should be butter
>> or shortening right?
>
> I thought "crinkles" were supposed to be paper thin, but it seems I
> was wrong. Here's the same recipe with photo -- was your baking powder
> past its prime, perhaps?
>
> http://web.utk.edu/~dpealor/chocolatecrinkle.html
>