Holiday Chocolate Snowball Cookies

These cookies melt in you mouth, they are so good, a wonderful cookie recipe and a favorite in our house especially around the holiday season! Bake less time for a softer cookie, also, plan ahead, these cookies need to chill one or more hours in the fridge.

• Ready In: 23 mins
• Yields: 60 cookies

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

Directions

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