Chocolate Walnut Christmas Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter (2 sticks)
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 4 ounces bitter chocolate
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 1/2 cups walnuts (1 pound)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325.
• 2 cream the butter and sugar together until light. beat in the eggs.
• 3 melt the chocolate and it cool slightly before adding to the butter and sugar mixture.
• 4 combine flour, baking powder and salt. add gradually to the wet mixture.
• 5 chop nuts finely in a food processor. stir them into the dough gradually.
• 6 roll walnut-sized pieces and put on a greased cookie sheet or parchment paper. bake for about 13 minutes or until they just start to "crinkle.".