Narsai's devil's slide cookies

15 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
2ouncesUnsweetened chocolate
12ouncesSemisweet chocolate chips
2tablespoonsButter
¼cupSifted flour
¼teaspoonBaking powder
1pinchSalt
2Eggs
¾cupSugar
2teaspoonsInstant coffee
½teaspoonVanilla
8ouncesWalnuts or pecans; chopped

Directions

Melt the unsweetened chocolate and 1 cup of the chocolate chips with the butter. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.

In an electric mixer, blend eggs, sugar, coffee and vanilla until fluffy.

Add the melted chocolate and dry ingredients.

Stir in remaining chocolate chips and nuts. Form dough into a 12-inch log; wrap first in plastic wrap, then freezer paper. Freeze overnight. Cut the frozen dough into ¾-inch slices; place on a baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes (no longer).

Let cookies cool on baking sheet until they are room temperature. Yields 15 cookies.

PER COOKIE: 290 calories, 6 g protein, 26 g carbohydrate, 21 g fat (8 g saturated), 32 mg cholesterol, 45 mg sodium, 2 g fiber.

Recipe Exchange, SF Chronicle 05/06/98 Food Section see www.sfgate.com.

Hanneman 5/7/97. Notes: This recipe was featured on Narsai's KCBS cooking program about 10 years ago. Also called "mudslides cookies" See also:Narsai's Recipe Archive at Recipe by: Narsai's Kitchen, Chef Narsai David, San Francisco Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Kitpath <phannema@...> on May 08, 1998