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Chocolate Truffle Cookies
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| Servings: Approximately 3 dozen |
| Comments: My friend gave me some of these cookies for Christmas and they are so good! She gave me the recipe and I wanted to share it with you. Enjoy! |
Ingredients:  1/2 pound (8 oz/226 grams) semisweet chocolate, chopped into small pieces 3 tbsp. butter 2 eggs 1/3 cup granulated sugar, plus extra for rolling cookies in 3/4 cup almonds, finely ground Powdered sugar, for garnish (optional) |
| Instructions: 1). Chop chocolate into small pieces and melt in a small saucepan on low heat, or place chocolate pieces in the top of a double boiler and melt on low heat. Mix in butter. Set aside. 2). In a separate bowl; beat the eggs. Gradually add the 1/3 cup granulated sugar to the beaten eggs until ribbons form. Fold into chocolate-butter mixture. Add ground almonds. 3). Cover and refrigerate overnight. 4). Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (160 C). Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. 5). Remove mixture from refrigerator and form into 1-inch balls. Roll each cookie in the extra granulated sugar. Flatten out the balls just a little, and place on parchment paper lined cookie sheet. 6). Bake cookies in preheated 325 degree F (160 C) oven until the middle of the cookie is no longer wet, 9 to 12 minutes. Let cookies cool for a few minutes before removing from pan. When cool, dust with just a little bit of powdered sugar if desired. Makes approximately 3 dozen cookies. |
| Source: A good friend |
| Submitted By: Pat Wynn |
| Date: February 23, 2003-Revised on March 11, 2004 |
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I had this recipe awhile back and lost it. Thanks for posting it. It originally came from a department store in Vancouver, BC. I saw it on Food Network.
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I had this recipe awhile back and lost it. Thanks for posting it. It originally came from a department store in Vancouver, BC. I saw it on Food Network.