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 3/4-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 http://www. Kcbs. Com/narsai/