Chocolate Truffle Cookies

My mom had been asking me to try this recipe for a while. Yesterday she asked if Jake and I wanted to come over because she was having my cousin and her husband over. I said I would and that I'd make the cookies finally. YUM!! These are really good...but make sure you have a nice tall glass of milk to go with them. They are chocolatey!

Ingredients:

• 4 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate, chopped
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:

• In the microwave or in a metal bowl over a pan of simmering water, melt unsweetened chocolate, 1 cup of the chocolate chips, and the butter stirring occasionally until smooth. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
  
• In a large bowl, whip eggs and sugar until thick and pale, about 2 minutes.
  
• Stir in the vanilla and the chocolate mixture until well mixed.
  
• Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; gradually stir into the chocolate mixture. Fold in remaining 1 cup chocolate chips.
  
• Cover dough and chill for at least an hour or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Roll chilled dough into 1 inch balls. (the dough is very sticky. I used 2 spoons to pull it out an plop it on the pan) Place on ungreased cookie sheets so they are 2 inches apart.
• Bake for 9 to 11 minutes in the preheated oven. (mine cooked about 12-14 minutes) Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

**Note: When baking cookies, I like to place a cookie sheet on the lower oven rack under the rack where the cookies will go. This helps prevent burning the bottoms of your cookies.