Chocolate Bonbon Cookies

4 cups Holiday Cookie Mix -- (see recipe)

1 cup chopped nuts

1/4 cup margarine or butter (1/2 stick) -- softened

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 teaspoon almond extract

2 eggs

2 ounces unsweetened chocolate -- melted and cooled

Powdered sugar Easy Frosting -- (recipe follows) EASY FROSTING 1 cup powdered sugar

1 tablespoon milk (about)

1/2 teaspoon almond extract

Heat oven to 375?. Mix Holiday Cookie Mix, nuts, margarine, vanilla, almond extr act, eggs and chocolate. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place about 1 inch apar t on ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set. Cool slightly before removing from cookie s heet.

Roll about 30 cookies in powdered sugar while warm; cool on wire rack. Roll in powdered sugar again. Frost remaining cookies with Easy Frosting. Decorate fros ted cookies with coconut.

EASY FROSTING:

Mix all ingredients until smooth and of spreading consistency. Please note, if you should change this recipe it will no longer be an approved Betty Crocker? Recipe.

Copyright: "? General Mills, Inc. 1998." "60 Cookies"