Chocolate Cottage Cheese Wagon Wheel Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups butter
3 1/2 cups granulated sugar
4 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups small curd cottage cheese
5 1/2 cups flour
1 cup cocoa
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Preparation

Cream sugar and butter together.
Add cottage cheese and beat well.
Add dry ingredients to sugar and butter mixture; mix well.
Add nuts.
Chill several hours or overnight.
Rolls into balls, then roll in powdered sugar.
Bake on a greased cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.