Walnuttoes - Hannah Swensen

Joanne Fluke's Walnuttoes

2 cups chocolate chips (12 oz bag)
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
3/4 cup butter (1 1/2 sticks)
4 eggs (beaten)
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups flour (not sifted
)2 cups chopped walnuts
1/2 cup white sugar (for later)

Do not preheat oven - dough must chill before baking.
Melt chocolate chips with butter.
Mix in brown sugar and let cool.
Add eggs, mix in vanilla, baking powder and salt.
Add flour and finely chopped walnuts. Mix well.

Chill dough for at least 4 hours, overnight is even better.
When you're ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees,
with rack in the middle position.

Roll walnut-sized dough balls with your hands.
(Messy - I wear thin plastic gloves).
If dough becomes too sticky, return to the refrigerator
to chill while cookies are baking.

In a small bowl, coat dough balls with white sugar.
Place on a greased cookie sheet and flatten with a
greased spatula. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-14 minutes.
Let cool on cookie sheet for one minute, then remove to wire racks.