Chocolate Nut Revels

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup semisweet chocolate piece
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• sugar, to dust

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 in a small saucepan, melt chocolate pieces over low heat; remove saucepan from heat. stir in pecans; set aside.
• 3 in a large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. add 2/3 cup sugar and vanilla. beat until combined, scraping the sides of the bowl occasionally. beat in the flour and salt until combined.
• 4 spoon chocolate mixture over dough. stir just until "reveled" or marbled. drop the cookie dough by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. roll each mound into a ball for more even edges, if you like.
• 5 grease the bottom of a glass. dip in additional sugar, then press cookies with glass to 1/4-inch thickness. repeat dipping and pressing for each cookie.
• 6 bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are firm. cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes. transfer to wire racks and let cool.