Chocolate Truffle Cookies

As pretty much everybody knows . . . Christmas is almost here!!!  There is so much excitement at our house.  I'm so glad to experience first hand that teenagers get as excited as small children.  We've been listening to lots of Christmas music!  We could listen to our Christmas music on iTunes for twenty-five hours before it would start over.  But every year you just have to add more right?!  One of my all time favorites is "Joy to the World."  Some Christmas songs are slow and sad but that one is so, well, joyful!  It truly is a joy to the world that Jesus came.  


Are you ready for the big day?  If you haven't gotten all your cookies baked and you need one more really good recipe, I have the one for you.  I got this recipe from my friend Angel and it is so chocolaty amazing.  

When you bite into them, the inside is fudge city.  At first, when you combine the dough and put it in the refrigerator, you think there is no way the dough is going to harden up so you can form cookies.  But it does.  I baked them for 10 minutes and when I took them out they were still super doughy but I didn't want to over cook them.  I remembered how the original dough firmed up in the fridge so I stuck the cookie tray in the freezer and soon they were perfect!  These cookies are so quick and easy to make and seriously packed with a chocolate punch.  And now I have a cute Christmas craft to share with you that I can share on here because it involves food.  My friend Teresa makes these and gave me this one.

Isn't it cute?  And I found out it is the perfect size to complete our gingerbread scene.

We're still waiting for snow.  We put a pond in last summer and we want to ice skate.  

We'll have to just keep watching the weather report and hoping!  I believe this will be my last post before Christmas so our family sends wishes to you and to your family for the very merriest Christmas!  

Chocolate Truffle Cookies


4 squares unsweetened chocolate
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips, divided
1/3 cup butter
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup flour
2 T. baking cocoa
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
Confectioners' sugar


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 and beat into chocolate mixture.  Stir in remaining chocolate chips.  Cover and chill for at least 3 hours.  With lightly floured hands, roll into 1-in balls.  Place on ungreased baking sheets.  Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until lightly puffed and set - tops will have cracked slightly.  Cool on pans or place pans in freezer for 3-4 minutes.  Dust with confectioners sugar.