Instructions: Mix together flour and baking powder and set aside.

Bring a pan of water to a boil and remove from heat. Combine chocolate and butter in a heat proof bowl and set over pan of water, stirring occasionally until melted.

In a large bowl, whisk eggs with salt , then whisk in both sugars.

Whisk in chocolate mixture, then rum.

Stir in flour to form a soft dough. Scrape dough onto a piece of plastic wrap and wrap tightly. Chill 2 hours.

Set racks in upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Flour your hands and rool the chilled dough into 2-teaspoon balls. They dont have to be too neat. Roll each ball in confectioners sugar. Arrange well apart on prepared pans and bnake about 12 minutes. cool pans on a rack before removing cookies from pan.

Yiels: 60 cookies

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