Cookies / Galletas

Chocolate Almond Butterballs

2 Cups Flour 
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
2 Ounces Baker's 
Semisweet Chocolate
1 Tablespoon Milk 
3/4 Cup Butter 
(don't use margarine!)
1/2 Cup Sugar 
2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract 
1/2 Cup Slivered Blanched Almonds,
Chopped 

Sift the flour with the salt 
and set aside. 
Carefully melt the chocolate 
and let it cool.
Cream the butter, sugar 
and vanilla in a large bowl. 
Blend in the cooled chocolate. 
Blend in the milk.
Gradually add the flour 
and salt and mix well.
Mix in the chopped almonds. 
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. 
Shape dough into balls and sugar. 
Put the balls approx. 1 inch apart 
on an ungreased cookie sheet 
(they don't spread very much).
Bake the cookies for 
12 to 15 minutes.