Chocolate Sambuca Crinkle Cookies

Total Time: 3 hrs 12 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 12 ounces fine-quality bittersweet chocolate, chopped (not unsweetened)
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cup sambuca romana or 1/2 cup anise-flavored liqueur
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
• 2 melt chocolate and butter in a metal bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water, stirring until smooth.
• 3 whisk together eggs, walnuts, sambuca, and granulated sugar in another bowl.
• 4 stir in flour mixture and chocolate (dough will be thin).
• 5 cover and chill until firm, about 2 hours.
• 6 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 7 sift confectioners sugar onto a plate.
• 8 roll heaping tablespoons of dough into balls and roll in confectioners sugar to generously coat.
• 9 arrange balls 2 inches apart on 2 lightly greased baking sheets and bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until puffed and cracked but centers are still a bit soft, 10 to 12 minutes total.
• 10 transfer to racks to cool.