
Ingredients
- Cookie Dough Balls:
- 2/3 cup (1 1/3 sticks) butter, at 70 degrees
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup brownish sugar, packed
- 1/4 cup applesauce
- 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon sodium bicarbonate
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
- 1 cup small semisweet choc chips
- Dipping Chocolate:
- 12 ounces chocolates wafers or semisweet choc chips
- 6 blocks chocolate-almond bark, for example CandyQuik
Directions
For that cookie dough balls: Within an electric mixer, beat the butter, granulated sugar. brown sugar. applesauce and vanilla together until smooth. Sift the flour, sodium bicarbonate and salt together, along with the mixer running, gradually increase the butter mixture. Add the choc chips. Scoop the batter utilizing a small frozen treats scoop and roll it into balls. Put the dough balls a good inch apart on the baking sheet lined with wax paper and transfer these to the freezer for half an hour to allow the dough setup.
For that dipping chocolate: As the dough is chilling, melt the chocolate wafers and chocolate-almond bark together inside a heavy-bottomed saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly. Take away the chilled dough balls in the freezer. Using two spoons, dip the balls individually within the melted chocolate, moving these to coat fully. Came back the dough balls towards the wax paper-lined baking sheet and refrigerate until set, about half an hour. Store within the fridge for approximately 2 days.
Recipe thanks to Trisha Yearwood, 2014