I needed to find the PERFECT recipe, since these cookies were going to be given to some very special people, so I googled it. These are the recipes that caught my eye:
Option #1
Option #2
Option #3
I went with Option #1!
All of them pretty much have the same ingredients, I just thought the description of the texture of the cookies, was exactly what i was searching for.
Three mental notes: You have to refrigerate the dough. So, this can't be a spur of the moment, let's whip up some cookies kind of recipe.
Turbinado sugar is also used in this recipe, you can get it anywhere...I got mine at Ralphs. Side note, a lot of brown sugar is used here so make sure you have enough. I think the amount of brown sugar is what gives these cookies the almost caramel kind of flavor.
Also, she uses chocolate bars and chunks them up instead of the traditional morsels. I had morsels on hand, but this is where the light bulb went off in my head! For Christmas my aunt gifted me a box of truffles and I wasn't sure what to do with them...until I chose to put them in the middle of the chosen chocolate chip cookie!!!
Here are the pictures, very little words are necessary...
The truffles are in that gold bag :)
The Turbinado sugar kind of looks like sand.
I like to add the dry ingredients in thirds.
The last dry ingredient addition is where you add the morsels (I used white ones too, just because I had some on hand)
Waiting will be the hardest part...but a spoonful of raw cookie dough never really hurt anyone!
Truffles!!!
Test cookies. 1st cookie has a whole truffle inside. 2nd cookie is plain, to test the dough recipe. 3rd cookie has a half truffle inside.
Someone has to try them :)
This recipe really is one of the best chocolate chip cookie recipes out there, but the truffles really made them exceptional. I realize that most people don't have truffles on hand, but they're SUPER easy to make and specially baked cookies are a super sweet treat to give to someone special.
That last picture made you want one, I know it did...
