Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Summer is the time where I get to travel and most importantly visit my summer house in Çanakkale. It is the only time where I get to relax, enjoy the sunshine on the silky sand, read a couple of books of my choice with my sunglasses on and swim in the crystal clear sea. However what I like the most is that I get to visit a small island called "Bozcaada". It is just across where our house is and only takes 45 minutes to get there with the boat. 

The port

Bozcaada is known with its jams, wine, fish, herbs and most importantly its super cold sea. But for me a cold sea is the best after a burning summer day. I can say that warm water is definitely not for me and this is why I love Bozcaada so much. I would love to spend the entire summer there but a lot of people choose to come here during the season and it makes this tiny cute island a disaster because of the traffic, and food problems. Even the hotels are overloaded and you can count yourselves lucky if you have a loaf of bread and a bottle of water. This is why I only go there just before the season starts. 

Ayazma Beach

The classic Bozcaada lunch, roasted eggplants, fried calamari and samphire...

for more photos of Bozcaada

Three weeks ago I went there for the weekend with my entire family; my aunt, my uncle, my grandmother, my grandfather, my cousin, my father and my mother. We visited  Alesta Otel owned by one of our friend who lives in Bozcaada. She invited us for the authentic island breakfast full of jams, pişi and olives. It was spectacular. After the breakfast, we had coffee and some cookie that I baked for her. I had to hide the cookie box on our way to the island because m uncle and my cousin were trying to eat "Just one more". Everyone, even the guests that were staying at the hotel fell in love with the cookies. Later I baked a batch for my Geography class and they also liked the cookies. 

So, I am sharing the recipe for the most amazing "Chocolate Crinkle Cookies":

Note: If you bake these overnight, it will be easier to shape them. They need minimum 5 hours of resting in the refrigerated. 

Ingredients:
2 cups granulated sugar
3/4 cups vegetable oil
3/4 cup dark cocoa
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 1/3 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 cup powdered sugar for rolling

Directions: 
1) Combine the sugar and the cocoa in a large mixing bowl by using a wooden spoon. 

2) Pour in the vegetable oil and slowly stir in using the wooden spoon. 

3) Crack in the eggs one by one and stir continuously. 

4) Sift in the flour, add in the salt and baking powder and continue mixing with wooden spoon. 

5) Cover the bowl with a plastic wrap and refrigerate for minimum 5 hours. I let mine sit in the fridge for about 7 hours. 

6) Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C. Lay some parchment paper on a baking tray.

7) Take an ice cream scoop and roll the cookie dough into balls. Then roll them in powdered sugar. 

8) Put the cookies on the baking tray and make sure that they are not so close. Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes. 

9) When the cookies are baked, let them rest on the tray for about 2-3 minutes and then transfer them to a cooling rack. 

Enjoy.