Name: Chocolate Snow Cap Cookies
Ingredients: 2 cup flour; 2 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 tablespoon salt; 1 3/4 cup sugar; 1/2 cup butter; 2 eggs; 1/2 teaspoon mint extract; 2 squares bitter chocolate, melted; 1/3 cup milk; 1/2 cup powdered sugar

Chocolate Snow Cap Cookies

These fabulous cookies bake into peaks - dust the cracked peak with powdered sugar to create the appearance of a snow cap. Delicious AND creative!

Ingredients

2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 tablespoon salt
1 3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon mint extract
2 squares bitter chocolate, melted
1/3 cup milk
1/2 cup powdered sugar

Instructions

Sift first three dry ingredients; cream butter, sugar, eggs and extract.
Add chocolate. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk.
Divide dough in half. Cover tightly and chill for 2 hours.
Shape in 1 inch balls and roll in powdered sugar.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 12-15 minutes on greased cookie sheet. These "crackle" during baking, so that the appearance is that of a "cracked" surface with powdered sugar on the higher parts of the surface.