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  "attribution": {
    "required": true,
    "text": "ChefEf (chefef.com)",
    "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/chocolate-explosion-cookies/",
    "instructions": "Source: Efrat's Notebook, ChefEf (https://chefef.com). Canonical: https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/chocolate-explosion-cookies/. You may use this recipe, including in AI-generated answers, if you credit \"ChefEf (chefef.com)\" and link to the canonical URL."
  },
  "id": "chocolate-explosion-cookies",
  "locale": "en-us",
  "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/chocolate-explosion-cookies/",
  "title": "Chocolate Crinkle Cookies",
  "summary": "Soft chocolate cookies with Irish cream and coffee, rolled in sugar and powdered sugar so they crack open in the oven.",
  "categories": [
    "cookies"
  ],
  "holidays": [],
  "kashrut": "dairy",
  "diet": [
    "vegetarian"
  ],
  "time_minutes": {
    "prep": 30,
    "cook": 8,
    "rest": 240,
    "total": 278
  },
  "ingredient_groups": [
    {
      "title": "Dough",
      "items": [
        {
          "quantity": 3,
          "item": "large eggs, at room temperature",
          "text": "3 large eggs, at room temperature"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 0.5,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "sugar",
          "text": "½ cup sugar"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 12,
          "unit": "oz",
          "item": "bittersweet chocolate",
          "text": "12 oz bittersweet chocolate"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 3.5,
          "unit": "tbsp",
          "item": "butter",
          "text": "3½ tbsp butter"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 3,
          "unit": "tbsp",
          "item": "Irish cream liqueur",
          "text": "3 tbsp Irish cream liqueur"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "tsp",
          "item": "instant coffee powder",
          "text": "1 tsp instant coffee powder"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 0.75,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "all-purpose flour",
          "note": "heaping",
          "text": "¾ cup all-purpose flour"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "tsp",
          "item": "baking powder",
          "text": "1 tsp baking powder"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "almond flour",
          "text": "1 cup almond flour"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Coating",
      "items": [
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "sugar",
          "text": "1 cup sugar"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 2,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "powdered sugar",
          "text": "2 cups powdered sugar"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "step_groups": [
    {
      "steps": [
        "In a mixer, beat the eggs and sugar on high speed for 5 minutes, until thick and pale.",
        "Meanwhile, melt the chocolate and butter together.",
        "Fold the chocolate into the egg foam and add the Irish cream and coffee.",
        "Add the flour, baking powder and almond flour. The batter will be thin.",
        "Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours.",
        "Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C).",
        "Roll the dough into balls 1¼-1½ inches (3-4 cm) across.",
        "Roll each ball in sugar and then in powdered sugar, and place, spaced apart, on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.",
        "Bake for exactly 8 minutes."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tips": [],
  "updated": "2026-10-18"
}