Holiday Chocolate Snowball Cookies - cooking recipe

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

Preparation

Set oven to 350 degrees.
Prepare a ungreased cookie sheet.
In a bowl, combine butter and sugar, beat at medium speed until light and fluffy.
Add the melted chocolate, egg, vanilla and milk; mix well.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
Add to the creamed mixture, mix well.
Mix in the nuts (if using).
Chill the dough for 1-2 hours, or until firm enough to shape into 1-inch balls.
Place balls about 2-inches apart on prepared cookie sheet.
Bake for 8-10 minutes (8 minutes for softer/fudgier cookies), tops will be soft.
Remove carefully from cookie sheet, roll immediately in icing sugar to thoroughly coat cookie.
Cool on wire racks; then roll again in icing sugar.