Mountain Cookies I

The chocolate cookies from this simple recipe are filled with walnuts.

• Calories: 167 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• ⅓ cup confectioners' sugar for decoration
• ¼ teaspoon baking powder
• 2 cups chopped walnuts
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup butter, softened
• 1 ½ (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate, melted

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease cookie sheets.

Step 2

In large bowl mix all ingredients at medium speed, except walnuts and confectioners' sugar, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula.

Step 3

Stir in walnuts.

Step 4

Drop mixture by rounded teaspoonfuls, 1/2 inch apart, onto cookie sheets.

Step 5

Bake 10 minutes. Remove cookies to wire racks; cool. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.