Mini Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies

 

1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) butter or regular margarine, softened

3/4 cup powdered sugar

1 tbsp vanilla

1/2 tsp salt

3 cups flour

2 cups (12 ounce pkg) mini chocolate chips

1/2 cup finely chopped nuts

powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 375 F. Beat the butter, sugar, vanilla, and salt in a

 

 large

mixer bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in the flour. Stir in the morsels

 

 and

nuts. Shape level tablespoons of dough into 1 1/4 inch balls. Place on

ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until cookies

 

 

 are set and

lightly browned. Remove from oven. Sift the powdered sugar over the

 

 hot

cookies on the baking sheets. Cool on the baking sheets for 10

 

minutes. Remove

to cool completely on wire racks.