Super Easy Crinkle Cookies from A Coalcracker In The Kitchen

 

Super Easy Crinkle Cookies from A Coalcracker In The Kitchen

FULL  RECIPE AT BOTTOM OF PAGE

The recipe, and instructions, below are all from a post from A CoalCracker In the Kitchen.  After her death, her blog was removed from the internet.  This is a saved version of her page, with an added printable version of her recipe at the bottom.

"These cookies were in my cookie recipe collection for what feels like forever and they are one of my favorite – not only because I love the soft and chewy goodness of them, but because they are so ridiculously easy to make. When cookie craving time hits,  or I need a contribution for a cookie exchange or a quick dessert, this recipe is at the top of my list.

My favorite is lemon, but you can change up the cake mix you use to make the cookies — try out chocolate, red velvet, carrot,  spice or pineapple — well, you get the idea. Just make sure you allow these to cool a minute or two before taking them from the baking sheet to place on a cooling rack.

Because these are rolled in confectioners sugar prior to baking, I find lining my sheets with parchment paper is the way to go for ease of clean up. Make sure your cookie dough balls are nicely coated with the sugar before baking."

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From Lori's now archived blog:
What is a “Coalcracker” and what the heck are you doing in the kitchen?
“Coalcracker“: Affectionate term for a resident of Northeastern Pennsylvania, but particularly of the Anthracite (coal) Region (Scranton to the Lehigh Valley to Schuylkill County).

With the expansion of the mining and railroad industries. English, Welsh, Irish and German (the “Dutch” (Deutsch) in Pennsylvania Dutch) immigrants formed a large portion of the population, followed by Polish, Slovak, Ruthenian, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Italian, Russian and Lithuanian immigrants.

The influence of these immigrant populations is still strongly felt in the region, with various towns possessing pronounced ethnic characters and cuisine. Throw in some influence from the Pennsylvania Dutch of the Schuylkill County and Lehigh Valley areas and you have a sampling of Coal Region comfort foods!

The Coal Region is a historically important Anthracite (“hard coal”) coal-mining area in Northeastern Pennsylvania in the central Appalachian Mountains, comprising Lackawanna, Luzerne, Columbia, Carbon, Schuylkill, Northumberland, and the extreme northeast corner of Dauphin counties.