Here's a delicious treat just in time for Valentine's Day! Save
those extra calories for these yummy chocolate cookies. Enjoy!
Molten Middle Truffle Cookies
12 squares semi-sweet chocolate
1/2 stick butter or margarine
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 t. vanilla
2 c. flour
1/2 c. chopped walnuts
24 caramels, cut in half
1/4 c. sugar
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Microwave chocolate and butter in a large
microwavable bowl on HIGH for 2 minutes or until butter is melted, stirring
after 30 seconds. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Blend in milk
and vanilla. Add flour and walnuts and mix well. Batter will be thick.
Shape 1 T. of dough around each caramel half, enclosing the caramel
completely. Place 1" apart on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake 6-8 minutes or until cookies are soft and shiny. Let stand 5 minutes
on the baking sheet. Transfer to cooking racks. Cool completely. (Cookies
will firm up as they cool.) Makes 4 dozen cookies.
