CHOCOLATE REVELS

CHOCOLATE REVELS image

Yield 4 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 cup semisweet chocolate bits
1 cup finely chopped pecans
1 cup butter
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour, sifted.

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Melt semisweet chocolate bits over hot water in double boiler. Stir in finely chopped pecans. Cool. Cream the butter and add the sugar, salt and vanilla. Cream well. Blend in the sifted flour gradually. Add chocolate nut mixture to butter mixture. Stir with fork just enough so revel (marbleize) chocolate into white mixture. Drop by teaspoons full onto ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten to 1/4" thickness with bottom of small drinking glass, greased and dipped in sugar. Bake for 10-12 min. Cool on sheet for a few minutes before removing to rack to finish cooling. Move too soon and the cookies will break.