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Contest Winning Recipe
Chocolate Truffle Cookies

From Taste of Home

“Here’s a snack for serious chocolate lovers. These enticing cookies are crisp on the outside and soft on the inside, somewhat bittersweet and very chocolaty. I usually make them to share at get-togethers…otherwise, I’d eat them all myself! I’m always asked for the recipe.”
-Delaine Fortenberry, McComb, Mississippi

INGREDIENTS

* 4 squares (1 ounce each) unsweetened chocolate
* 2 cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips, divided
* 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 mixing 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.
Copied from tasteofhome.com Dec 21, 2007
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