Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Mmm...these turned out DELICIOUS! They were worth every minute of waiting.

1 C sugar
2 T softened butter or margarine
1 t vanilla
2 oz unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled*
2 eggs
1 c flour
1 t baking powder
1/4 t salt
1/2 c powdered sugar

Cream sugar, butter, vanilla and chocolate together in mixer. Add eggs one at a time. Add dry ingredients and mix until incorporated. Chill in fridge for 3 hours. Remove from fridge, roll in powdered sugar, and bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees.

*2 T melted shortening with 6 T cocoa mixed in is equivalent to 2 oz. baking chocolate

NOTE TO SELF: Don't make these cookies for a road trip. Try something without the messy powdered sugar, or you'll have to start over just as you finish them up. :)

White Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Cookies

I've never made this kind of cookie before, but they have sounded SO yummy lately, that I thought I'd give it a try and see if they are as good as the commercial ones that I have had. I just pulled this recipe off of a blog that came up when I googled it.

1 C butter, softened

1 C sugar

3/4 C brown sugar

2 t vanilla

1/2 t salt

2 eggs

2 1/2 c flour

1 t baking soda

10 oz white chocolate

1 c macadamia nuts coarsely chopped

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Beat butter, sugars, vanilla and salt until creamy. Add eggs and beat well. Add flour and baking soda gradually until well blended.

Stir in white chocolate and nuts. Drop by teaspoonful onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes until set (edges are golden brown and center is set). Remove to wire rack and cool.

The dough is pretty tasty. And the finished cookies were to die for.

This is definitely a recipe that I will make again!