Rosa's Chocolate Cookies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1 lemon, rind of, grated
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 cup ground almonds
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• icing sugar (for coating the cookies)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 lightly grease cookie sheet.
• 3 melt the chocolate and set it aside to cool.
• 4 beat eggs, oil, and sugar together.
• 5 add ground almonds, lemon rind and baking powder. blend well.
• 6 stir in chocolate.
• 7 add flour slowly until all of it has been added and until dough is fully blended.
• 8 refrigerate for about 15 minutes to make dough easier to work with.
• 9 form into 1/2 tablespoon-sized balls (i do them slightly smaller) and roll them in the icing sugar until fully coated.
• 10 place on the cookie sheet and bake for about 8-10 minutes.