Black And Whites

Total Time: 44 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 14 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups chocolate chips
• 3/4 cup butter
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups flour (not sifted)
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar (in a small bowl)

Recipe

• 1 do not preheat oven yet - dough mush chill before baking.
• 2 melt chocolate chips with butter. (microwave on high power for 2 minutes, then stir until smooth).
• 3 mix in sugar.
• 4 allow to cool.
• 5 add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• 6 mix in vanilla, baking powder and salt.
• 7 add flour & mix well.
• 8 chill dough for at least 4 hours (overnight is even better).
• 9 preheat oven to 350 degrees with rack in middle position.
• 10 roll walnut-sized dough balls with you hands (this is messy, you might want to wear plastic gloves).
• 11 drop the balls into the bowl of confectioners' sugar & roll them around until they are covered.
• 12 if dough gets too warm, stick it back into the fridge until you can handle it again.
• 13 place the balls on a cookie sheet (12 to a standard sheet works best).
• 14 do not flatten - they will flatten as they bake.
• 15 bake at 350 degrees for 12-14 minutes.
• 16 let them cool on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes and then remove to a wire rack to finish cooling.
• 17 eat and enjoy.