Birthday Cake

Warm chocolate chip snowball
cookies were waiting for my boys when they got home from school.  One
cookie just wasn't enough for me and Noah and Preston decided he's rather play
football with the neighborhood boys than take the time to eat a warm, buttery,
chocolatey cookie (who passes up a warm cookie?).

Chocolate Chip Snowballs







3/4 cup butter, room temperature



1/3 cup sugar



1/4 teaspoon salt



1 teaspoon vanilla



1 tablespoon water



1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour



1 cup chocolate chips



1 cup chopped nuts (walnuts or
pecans)



Powdered sugar for dusting







Preheat oven to 350
degrees.  In a mixing bowl, mix butter and sugar until they are just
combined.  Add the vanilla and water and mix to combine.  Add the
flour and salt to the butter and sugar mixture and mix on low speed until dough
comes together.  Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.  Roll into 1-inch
balls and bake for 20 minutes.  Let cookies cool for a few minutes and
then roll in powdered sugar while still warm.  Place cookies on a cooling
rack and once cookies have cooled completely; roll them in powdered sugar
again.







I used 1/2 cup of nuts and only
put nuts in half of the dough.







Recipe slightly adapted from in the little red house