Mocha Crinkles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/3 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup sour cream
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 3/4 cups flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons instant espresso powder or 2 teaspoons instant coffee granules
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup powdered sugar

Preparation

Beat together brown sugar and oil; then mix in sour cream, egg, and vanilla.
Set aside.
In another bowl, mix together flour, cocoa, espresso, baking soda, salt, and pepper.
Add flour mixture to brown sugar mixture; mix well.
Refrigerate dough until firm (3-4 hours).
Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
Pour powdered sugar into shallow bowl; set aside.
Cut dough into 1\" pieces; roll into balls. Roll balls in powdered sugar.
Bake on ungreased cookie sheets until tops of cookies are firm to touch (10-12 minutes; do not overbake).
Cool on wire racks.