English Cookies

Recipe courtesy of ilovedave

• Scant ½ cup sweet butter
• ¼ cup soft brown sugar
• ¼ cup superfine sugar
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• A few drops of vanilla extract
• 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 tablespoons milk (optional)
• ½ cup shelled hazelnuts, coarsely chopped
• 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
• Salt

Preheat the oven to 350.  Cream the butter with both types of sugar in a bowl, then beat in the egg and vanilla.  Combine the flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt in another bowl, then mix into the creamed mixture, beating constantly with a wooden spoon.   If necessary, soften the mixture with a little milk.  Stir in the hazelnuts and chocolate.  Place about 15 tablespoons of the mixture, spaced well apart, on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for about 7-8 minutes.  Remove the cookie sheet from the oven and let cool slightly, then remove the cookies with a spatula and let cool on a wire rack.  Cook the remaining mixture in the same way.