Mocha Truffle Cookies



Categories: Cookies
Yield: 30 servings

1/2 c Butter or margarine
1/2 c Semisweet chocolate chip morsels
1 T Instant coffee crystals
3/4 c Sugar
3/4 c Brown sugar; (packed)
2 Eggs
2 t Vanilla
2 c All-purpose flour
1/3 c Unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 t Baking powder
1/4 t Salt
1 c White Chocolate Chip morsels
1 c nuts

In a large saucepan melt margarine or butter and the 1/2 cup chocolate chip
morsels over low heat. Remove from heat. Stir in coffee crystals; cool 5
minutes. Stir in sugars, eggs and vanilla. In a medium mixing bowl
combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Stir into coffee
mixture. Stir in the 1 cup white chocolate chip morsels and nuts. Drop dough
by rounded
tablespoonfuls onto lightly greased cookie sheets. Bake in a 350 degree
oven 10 minutes. Let cool 1 minute before removing from sheet.

143 calories, 6 g fat, 14 mg cholesterol, 2 g protein, 22 g carbohydrate,
0 g fiber, and 65 mg sodium per cookie. From "Better Homes & Gardens"
magazine, May 1992.

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