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Title: Chocolate Dipped Butter Cookies
Yield: 1 Serving

Ingredients

      1    C Butter; softened
    1/2    C Powdered Sugar; sifted
      1    Tsp Vanilla
      2    C Flour
      6    Oz Semisweet Chocolate Chips
      1    Tbsp Shortening
    1/2    C Finely Chopped Nuts;
           -optional

Instructions

Cream butter. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Stir in
vanilla. Gradually add
flour and mix well.

Shape dough into finger shaped sticks. Place on ungreased cookie sheets.
Flatten cookies with
tines of a fork to 1/4- inch thickness. Bake at 350 deg. F. for 12 to 14
minutes. Cool.

Combine chocolate chips and shortening in top of a double boiler; bring
water to a boil. Reduce
heat to low and cook until chocolate melts, stirring occasionally. Remove
double boiler from
heat, leaving chocolate mixture over hot water.

Dip ends of cookies in warm chocolate to coat both sides; roll tips in
chopped nuts. Place
cookies on wire racks until chocolate is firm.

Store in cool place in airtight container.

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Contributor: ChiliDog's Kitchen http://umn.edu/~fine0015

Preparation Time: 0:00

Reviews

These cookies are amazing. I make them with a cookie press (after chilling the dough for a few minutes) and sandwich them with melted chocolate. They are close to Milano cookies but even better! Thank you so much for this recipe!!

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