This is probably my favorite Christmas cookie of all time, they are bite sized and highly addictive. You will make them and lie to yourself that they are for Christmas day or for visitors. Please-They won't make it through the next 24 hours. You've been warned.




Ingredients:

1 cup soft butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons instant coffee powder
1/4 cocoa
1 and 3/4 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt (I rarely add salt)
2 cups finely chopped pecans or walnuts
Confectioners sugar

Directions:
Cream butter and sugar and vanilla until light. Add next 4 ingredients and mix well. Add nuts. Shape into 1 inch balls. Put on cookie sheets. Bake in moderate oven (325*. F) for about 15 minutes. Cool slightly and roll in the confectioners sugar. Makes about 6 dozen.

Spicy Chocolate Refrigerator Cookies
These are delicious thin chocolate cookies where the dough needs to be chilled overnight before baking to have the best results. You can dip the edges of the cookies in chopped nuts or candies, whatever your temptation desires. I prefer the chopped walnuts or almonds.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
3/4 cup nuts, ground in blender
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 teaspoon each of baking powder and cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
(Multi colored candies) this is where your memories and my recipe differ. But you can roll them many different things.....nuts, crushed hard candies, or the multi colored tiny little balls often used on cakes.

Directions:
Cream butter and sugar until light. Beat in egg, then add nuts. Mix the remaining ingredients, except candies, and stir into first mixture. Divide into 2 equal parts. Shape each into rolls about 1 inch in diameter. Sprinkle candies On wax paper and coat each roll. Wrap rolls in in wax paper or plastic wrap, and chill over night Cut into 1/4 inch slices and bake on lightly greased, or non stick cookie sheets. Temp 350* F Bake about 10 minutes Makes about 5 dozen.