Mocha Nut Butter Balls

• 1 cup soft butter
• ½ cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons instant coffee granules (or more to taste)
• ½ cup cocoa
• 1¾  cups flour
• 2 cups finely chopped nuts
• ¼ teaspoon salt

Mix ingredients in order.  Chill in the refrigerator  for at least an hour.

Form into small balls by hand and  drop on a cookie sheet covered with 

parchment  paper. Bake in a slow oven ( 325 degrees ) for 15 minutes.

Don’t over bake.  Cool.  Cookies store well  in covered container.

This recipe comes from my mom’s Christmas cookie collection. (Thanks- Dorothy Nachtigal!) 

These cookies are full of coffee/chocolate flavor and not too sweet.