COOKIE and A CRAFT #6

Baked and dressed up with ganache. Pretty, tasty little cookies.

I have a friend who has talked about these amazing cookies that her sister makes. I asked for the recipe some years ago but never got it. My friend "M" leads a very chaotic life. No big deal. So many other cookies to make. Anyway, this year her sister lost her recipe. Being the foodie I am, my heart went out to her. It's terrible to have a favorite recipe then lose it. You go crazy looking for it. The cookies are called "Tu Tu's". Years ago I had done a search for them on the internet but came up with nothing. This year I decided to do a search to try again and to help my friends sister. I found these. Now, I don't know if these are the cookies that "M"'s sister makes but they are called Tu Tu's and they are awesome. I made them today. Yum.

Chocolate Tu Tu's
based on this recipe


2 sticks (8 oz) unsalted butter
¾ cup white sugar
½ c packed brown sugar
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
3 eggs, beaten
½ c cocoa
1 tsp vanilla
½ tsp cinnamon
¼ c espresso
4 c flour
1c ground walnuts

1. Cream butter and sugars.
2. Mix in the eggs and the vanilla and the coffee.
3. Combine 1 cup of the flour with the b. powder, b. soda, salt, cinnamon, and cocoa. Stir into the batter.
4. Add the rest of the flour slowly, stirring after each addition, until you have a dough that can be rolled. Soft but not too soft. I used four level cups of flour.
5. Make walnut-sized rounds with your hands and place on cookie sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes. Do not overbake or they will dry out too much!
After they are cooled pour ganache over top.

In a bowl place 1 cup of semi sweet morsels and one cup of bittersweet chocolate, chopped. In a sauce pan heat about a cup of half and half and two tablespoons of butter. Bring to a boil. Pour over chocolate and stir until smooth. Once the chocolate is melted, spoon onto cookies. Let set for quite a while before stacking.

Chef's hats for future foodies. Just finished them last night so I was a wee bit late posting them, but they are here now!