Chocolate Crinkles

These chocolate cookies are fun to make, especially with young children, and melt in your mouth. Ingredients: 1 cup cocoa powerder 2 cups white sugar 1/2 cup vegetable oil 4 eggs 2 tsp vanilla 2 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 cup confectioer's sugar Directions: 1. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together cocoa powder, sugar and oil. Beat in the eggs. Add the vanilla. Add the flour mixture. Mix thoroughly by hand with a wooden spoon. When thoroughly mixed, cover and chill for at least four hours. 2. Heat oven to 350° F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper (or grease the sheets). Put confestioner's sugar into a small bowl. Remove dough from refrigerator and use a teaspoon to remove some dough and roll it into 3/4 in. balls. Roll each ball thoroughly in confestioner's sugar. (This is the part small children really enjoy doing.) Place balls on cookie sheet. Space them at least 2 in apart or more. 3. Bake in oven for 10-12 minutes. Let cookies stand on sheet for a minute before moving them to a cooling rack.