Recipe - Mocha Truffle Cookies

One half cup Butter or margarine
One half cup Semisweet chocolate pieces
1 tablespoon Instant coffee crystals
Three fourths cup Sugar
Three fourths cup Brown sugar; (packed)
2 Eggs
2 teaspoon Vanilla
2 cup Allpurpose flour
1/3 cup Unsweetened cocoa powder
One half teaspoon Baking powder
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1 cup Semisweet chocolate pieces

In a large saucepan melt margarine or butter and the One half cup chocolate
pieces 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 chocolate pieces. 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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