Chocolat Walnut Cookies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened (2 sticks)
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups walnuts, finely chopped

Recipe

• 1 beat the butter, sugar, and eggs until fluffy. add the chocolate, vanilla and salt and mix well. gradually beat in the flour. mix in 1 cup of the walnuts.
• 2 halve the dough and shape each piece into a log 8 inches long and 2 inches in diameter.
• 3 roll each log in the remaining walnuts; wrap separately in plastic and chill until firm, about 1 hour.
• 4 heat oven to 375ºf. grease 2 cookie sheets. cut the dough into 1/4-inch-thick slices and place on the sheets. bake 15 minutes or until lightly browned on the bottoms. remove the cookies with a metal spatula and cool.