The Budget Diet

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It’s day 5 of The Budget Diet’s 12 Days of Cookies, and today’s recipe is for all the chocolate chip cookie dough lovers!
 
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Cookie Dough Truffles
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Serves: 4 dozen
Cookie Dough Truffles – it’s a fancy name for Cookie Dough Bites! These delicious little morsels are simply chocolate chip cookie dough dipped in chocolate…what more could you want!
Ingredients
  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup egg substitute (No worries of salmonella because egg substitute is pasteurized!)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1¼ cups flour
  • 1 cup miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1, 14 oz. package Wilton’s Chocolate Candy Melts (available at Michaels).
Instructions
  1. Beat butter at medium speed until smooth.
  2. Gradually add brown sugar and sugar, beating until smooth.
  3. Add egg substitute and vanilla, beat well.
  4. Add flour, beat well.
  5. Stir in miniature chocolate chips.
  6. Refrigerate dough 30 minutes, so it will be easier to work with.
  7. Roll into 1″ balls and refrigerate 30 more minutes.
  8. Melt Wilton’s Chocolate Candy Melts according to package directions.
  9. Dip cookie dough balls in melted chocolate and place on wax paper to harden.
  10. Store in refrigerator.
  11. Yield: 4 dozen

Tomorrow’s recipe on The Budget Diet’s 12 Days of Cookies is: Pretzel Turtles! So easy, your child could make them!

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