Baby O’s Chocolate Truffle Cookies

By time you read this Baby O will probably have been born!  At nearly 43 weeks, it’s finally time!  I made up this recipe this morning to take as a gift for the nurses attending our birth/our midwife and also as a thank you to my lovely mother in law who is watching Charlie for the next couple of days.

I’m calling these chocolate truffle cookies (thanks, B) because the center really is soft and melty just like a truffle. The outer edges have a brownie texture.   Mmmm…
Creating the recipe wasn’t exactly rocket science.  It’s pretty much yet another variation of the chocolate chip cookie (kind of).  Rocket science or not, I’m still proud of them ’cause they’re delicious.  B says they’re the best cookie he’s had in awhile!

Baby O’s Chocolate Truffle Cookies

• 1 C unsalted butter (2 sticks), softened
• 1/2 C sugar
• 3/4 C light brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp salt (I use sea salt)
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 C all purpose flour
• 1/2 C organic f-t cocoa
• 2 1/2 C chopped chocolate or chocolate chips (about 16 oz)
  *don’t be shy with the chocolate and go for something dark!

1. Preheat oven to 350°F and line a cookie sheet with a silicone mat.
2. Cream butter and sugars together.
3. Add eggs one at a time and mix well.  Add vanilla.
4. Stir cocoa, flour, salt, and baking soda together using a whisk to get any clumps out.  You could probably also sift the flour and cocoa together if you felt so inclined.  I’ll probably always stick with the whisk.
5. Add dry mixture to butter mixture.  I do this about 1/2 C at a time incorporating as I go.
6. Stir in chopped chocolate or chips.
7. Drop by tablespoonful onto cookie sheet and bake for about 14 minutes.  Let cool a minute or two on pan, otherwise they might smoosh up when you try to move them.  Then finish cooling on wire rack.

Update:  Baby O is here!  He was born on June 17th, 43 weeks on the dot.  He weighed 9 lbs, 6 oz and is 21 inches long!  He’s perfect in every way!