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Acorn Cookie Dough Truffle Recipe

Easy truffle recipe for cookies that look just like fun little acorns.
Prep Time37 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: truffles
Servings: 8
Author: Kristie

Equipment

  • Piping Bags https://a.co/d/jl01cHG
  • Baking Sheet or Tray https://a.co/d/eqYcrAP
  • Parchment Paper
  • Measuring Spoons
  • Microwave Safe Bowl
  • Hand Mixer or Stand Mixer
  • Ice cream scoop
  • Fork

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 Cups All Purpose Flour
  • 1/2 Cup Butter Room Temperature
  • 1/2 Cup Light or Dark Dark Packed Sugar
  • 1/4 Cup White Sugar
  • 1 Teaspoon of Vanilla extract or Paste
  • 1 Teaspoon if Salt
  • 2- 1/2 Tablespoons of Milk
  • 4 Ounce Chocolate Melts https://a.co/d/aweyWHq
  • 1/4 Cup of Mini Chocolate chips
  • Pretzel Sticks https://a.co/d/64Us5ji
  • Nilla Cookies https://a.co/d/5sZcrWu

Instructions

  • Start by treating the Flour.
  • Preheat the oven at 350ยบ and Line your baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Spread the flour out thinly across the parchment paper.
  • Put the flour in the oven for 6 minutes, so the flour will be safe to consume.
  • Take the flour out of the oven and place it to the side so it can cool down.
  • Next place the room temperature butter and both sugars in a large bowl. Mix it for 4-5 minutes, the mixture should be fluffy and light in color.
  • Add the vanilla, flour, salt, and milk. Mix the ingredients until they are the consistency of cookie dough. If the dough is too thick, add more milk 1/2 tablespoon at a time to thin it out a bit.
  • Now the cookie dough is ready.
  • Use an ice cream scoop or a spoon to take 1 /1/2 tablespoons of edible cookie dough out of the bowl to create the dough balls.
  • Flatten each dough ball and place mini chocolate chips on top of it.
  • Next fold the dough cover the mini chocolate chips and then roll it into a ball. -Use a upside down Nilla to flatten one side of the cookie dough ball and use clean hands shape the sides of the ball to resemble the shape of the an acorn. Repeat this step until all the cookie dough is used.
  • Put the cookie dough shaped acorns on the baking sheet and place them in the fridge for 15 minutes.
  • While the dough is in the fridge, put the chocolate melts in a microwave safe bowl and melt them in 30 second intervals until they be come liquid.
  • Dip one Nilla cookie at a time into the chocolate. Use a fork to take the the Nilla out of the chocolate and scrape any extra off on the top of the bowl.
  • Place the chocolate covered Nilla on top of a sheet of parchment paper to dry. Repeat these steps till you have enough Chocolate Nillas to cover each acorn dough.
  • Put the remaining chocolate in a a piping bag. Reheat the chocolate for 30 second if it has hardened. Cut a tiny hole in the tip of the piping bag.
  • Break the pretzel sticks into 4 pieces.
  • Pipe a small dot of chocolate on top of the Nilla cookie and put one piece of the pretzel stick on the chocolate dot. Do this for each Nilla and let them sit about 2 minutes to dry.
  • Remove the cookie dough acorns from the fridge, pipe the chocolate on the flat end of the cookie dough and place the chocolate covered Nillas on top of it. Put them back on the baking sheet.
  • Place all the acorns in fridge for 5 minutes to solidify if needed.
  • Take the acorns out the fridge serve cold or let them come to room temperature and Enjoy!