#1661 - Chocolate Pixie Cookies

(by Shirley McNevich)

2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 cup butter (melted)
4oz. Baker's unsweetened baking chocolate (melted according to package directions)
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
powdered sugar for rolling

In a mixer add melted butter, white sugar and melted chocolate--beat. Add eggs--beat. Add baking powder, salt--beat. Slowly add flour--beat. Remove bowl from mixer--add chopped walnuts and stir with a wooden spoon. Cover the bowl and refrigerate overnight. The next day, form dough into quarter or walnut sized balls. Place some powdered sugar in a bowl--roll each dough ball in the powdered sugar. Place the sugared dough balls on greased cookie sheets. Bake at 325 degrees for 18-20 minutes.