pecan chocolate dipped cookies |
2 1/2 cups sifted flour |
1 cup sweet softened butter |
2/3 cup sugar |
1 egg yolk |
1 teaspoon vanilla |
1 cup finely chopped or ground (i use) nuts |
• cream butter well |
• add sugar cream again |
• add egg and vanilla mix until light and fluffy. |
• gradually stir in flour and nuts. |
• shape into 2 rolls in plastic wrap or wax paper. |
• refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight (this can be made few days ahead of time) |
before baking take from refrigerator and let sit out least 20 minutes before cutting. preheat oven to 350 degrees. these should be 1/4 inch or less. do not cut the cookies paper thin. bake on cookie sheet un-greased or on parchment paper (what i use) |
bake for 8-10 minutes. cool cookies. when cookies are cool then dip them into the following chocolate mixture. you can dip whole half into chocolate. but i usually dip only half top part of cookie. |