Chocolate Nut Cookies

Betty Fitzsimmons Seymore

Aunt Helen Dineen Huser and Claire Dineen Fitzsimmons… Kindness of Dorothy Huser. My mom always made these cookies when I was a little girl. I loved them, but never had the recipe. Then… last year, Dorothy brought them to a get-together… I almost jumped for joy… the recipe was found at long last. Thanks, Dorothy!

Ingredients

* 1/2 cup butter
* 2/3 cup sugar
* 2 oz unsweetened chocolate squares, melted
* 2 eggs
* 1/2 cup chopped English walnuts
* 1/4 cup raisins (soak raisins in plain water until plump. Drain well.)
* 2 tsp. baking powder
* 1 tsp vanilla
* 2 cups flour

Directions

1. Cream butter and sugar.
2. Add melted chocolate.
3. Add eggs.
4. Add dry ingredients.
5. Then add raisins and walnuts.
6. Drop by spoonful (will keep its shape while cooking.)

Bake at 375°F for 12 minutes.