Candy Cane Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Ingredients

• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 4 squares unsweetened baking chocolate
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• ½ tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• ½ - 1 cup powdered sugar
• 3 finely crushed candy canes

Instructions

1. Melt chocolate in microwave. Stir in the oil.
2. In a mixer bowl, mix chocolate and oil mixture with sugar.
3. Mix in eggs till well blended.
4. Add other ingredients (except powdered sugar and 
5. candy canes) and mix till well blended.
6. Refrigerate for several hours.
7. Stir powdered sugar and crushed candy canes
8.  together in small bowl.
9. Use small Pampered Chef cookie scoop or teaspoons
10.  to drop dough into powdered sugar mixture, 
11. one at a time.
12. Roll each one to cover in powdered sugar.
13. Bake on greased cookie sheet or parchment 
14. paper covered cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 9 minutes.

Notes

Instead of baking chocolate, you can substitute
3 Tbs. cocoa and 1 Tbs. vegetable oil for each square of chocolate.