Shelly's Recipe

CHOCOLATE AGGIES

Category: Cookies

4 tbsp butter
4 (1 oz) squares unsweetened chocolate
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup confectioners sugar

In a saucepan over low heat, melt butter and chocolate. Cook, stirring occasionally, until smooth; remove from heat. With a heavy wooden spoon, stir sugar into warm chocolate mixture. Stir in eggs, one at a time, and beating well after each addition. Stir in dry ingredients; stir until smooth. Stir in walnuts.

NOTE: This will be a soft dough and must be refrigerated, preferably for 1 1/2 hours or longer.

Preheat oven to 300. Adjust 2 racks to divide oven into thirds. Line cookie sheets with foil. In a small bowl, place confectioners sugar. Sugar palms of your hands and roll dough into 1 1/2 inch balls. Roll balls around in confectioners sugar and place 2 inch apart onto prepared cookie sheets. Bake 20-22 minutes or until tops of cookies are barely semi-firm to touch.

Reverse position of sheets top to bottom and front to back once during baking to ensure even baking. Remove from oven and cool on wire racks. Do not over bake – these should be slightly soft in the centers. (If you bake only one sheet at a time, bake high in oven.