Holiday Chocolate Snowball Cookies

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup firmly-packed brown sugar
• 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and slightly cooled
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup milk or 1/4 cup half-and-half cream
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup finely chopped nuts (optional)
• icing sugar, for coating

Recipe

• 1 set oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 prepare a ungreased cookie sheet.
• 3 in a bowl, combine butter and sugar, beat at medium speed until light and fluffy.
• 4 add the melted chocolate, egg, vanilla and milk; mix well.
• 5 sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
• 6 add to the creamed mixture, mix well.
• 7 mix in the nuts (if using).
• 8 chill the dough for 1-2 hours, or until firm enough to shape into 1-inch balls.
• 9 place balls about 2-inches apart on prepared cookie sheet.
• 10 bake for 8-10 minutes (8 minutes for softer/fudgier cookies), tops will be soft.
• 11 remove carefully from cookie sheet, roll immediately in icing sugar to thoroughly coat cookie.
• 12 cool on wire racks; then roll again in icing sugar.