Chocolate Sparkle Cookies

Total Time: 9 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb semisweet chocolate or 1/2 lb bittersweet chocolate (i used valrhona 70% cocoa)
• 3 tablespoons butter, room temperature
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup sugar, plus more for rolling
• 3/4 cup ground almonds or 3/4 cup almond meal
• powdered sugar, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 melt the chocolate in the top of a double boiler set over, but not touching, simmering water.
• 2 remove from the heat.
• 3 cut the butter into a few pieces and mix into the chocolate until melted.
• 4 beat the eggs with an electric mixer, gradually adding the sugar until ribbons form (about 4 minutes on medium-high).
• 5 fold in the chocolate-butter mixture.
• 6 gently add the ground almonds.
• 7 cover and refrigerate overnight.
• 8 heat the oven to 325 degrees.
• 9 line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• 10 use a cookie scoop to form the dough into 1-inch balls.
• 11 roll the balls in granulated sugar, place on the baking sheet about 2 inches apart and immediately place in the oven.
• 12 bake until the center of the cookies is no longer wet, 9 to 12 minutes.
• 13 when slightly cool, lightly dust the cookies with powdered sugar.