Frozen Cookie Dough Balls

The best part about baking cookies, as we all well know, is "sampling" the batter before it goes into the oven. This is one of our fondest memories as kids, But nowadays we worry about our families eating raw eggs - our kids have actually never tasted raw dough! That seems almost criminal! But, thankfully, we found this great recipe for making Frozen Cookie Dough Balls - all the fun of eating raw cookie dough without the eggs! We made a few adjustments to the original recipe and thought we'd share it with you. It is so easy and SO DELICIOUS!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 Tbsp. water
• 1/8 tsp. salt
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cups mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

In a large bowl, first cream your sugars and butter. The mix in your other ingredients, stirring in the chocolate chips last. If your dough is looking a little dry and crumbly, add more water, a few drops at a time, until you get a nice, workable dough.

Roll your dough into small balls and put them on a cookie sheet. We were able to make 56 balls, though we probably could have had more but there was quite a bit of sampling going on... Pop them in the freezer until you can't wait any more, then pop them in your mouth!

You can leave them plain, if you like, but we think a little more chocolate makes everything better. We decided to dip our frozen balls of doughy goodness into meted chocolate. Heavenly!

These keep great in either the fridge or freezer, depending on how firm you like your dough balls. A word of caution: These are ADDICTIVE! We can't go into the kitchen without sneaking one...or three...