Chocolate Truffle Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 2 cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips, divided
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• 1/3 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons baking cocoa
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Confectioners' sugar

Directions

• In a microwave or double boiler, melt unsweetened chocolate, 1 cup of chocolate chips and butter; cool for 10 minutes.
• In a bowl, beat sugar and eggs for 2 minutes. Beat in vanilla and the chocolate mixture.
• Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; beat into chocolate mixture. Stir in remaining chocolate chips. Cover and chill for at least 3 hours.
• Remove about 1 cup of dough. With lightly floured hands, roll into 1-in. balls. Place on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly puffed and set. Cool on pan 3-4 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Repeat with remaining dough. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Yield: about 4 dozen.

Chocolate Truffle Cookies published in Taste of Home December/January 1998, p29