Chocolate Nut Revels

makes 4 to 5 dozen cookies

• 6 oz semisweet chocolate pieces
• 1 cup pecans, chopped
• 1 cup butter
• ⅔ cup sugar
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups sifted AP flour

1. Melt chocolate over hot water. Stir in pecans. Cool.
2. Cream butter. Add sugar, salt, and vanilla. Cream well.
3. Blend in 2 cups flour gradually.
4. Add chocolate-nut mixture. Stir with fork just enough to revel chocolate into white mixture.
5. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten to ¼-inch thickness with bottom of a glass, greased and dipped in sugar.
6. Bake at 350°for 10 to 12 minutes.