Chocolate Truffle Cookies

me December 23, 2005 Adventures in the Kitchen, Desserts

From lynn by way of YAAPS.
Chocolate Truffle Cookies

4 squares(1 ounce each) unsweetened chocolate
2 cups(12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips, divided
1/3 cup butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 and 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons baking cocoa
1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoons salt
confectioners’ sugar

In a microwave or double boiler, melt unsweetened chocolate, 1 cup chips and butter. cool for ten minutes.

In mixing bowl, beat sugar and eggs for 2 minutes. Beat in the vanilla and the chocolate mixture.
Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder,and salt. Beat it into the chocolate mixture. Stir in the remaining choc. chips.

Cover and chill for at least 3 hours.

Remove about a cup of dough. With lightly floured hands, roll into 1 inch balls. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until lightly puffed and set. Cool on the pan for 3-4 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Repeat with remaining dough. Dust with confectioners’ sugar.

Yeild: about 4 dozen.