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Mixed Nut Cookies Recipe


Mixed Nut Cookies Recipe 55to64 / All my dishes
1 year, 3 months ago
Tasty butter cookie topped with salted mixed nuts covered with chocolate. Okay, we got butter, nuts and chocolate. What could go wrong? Enjoy!
Prep:15m Cook:12m Servings:26

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Ingredients
  • 3/4 cup butter, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups all--purpose flour
  • 1 9.75-ounce can of mixed, salted nuts (with almonds, cashews, and macadamia nuts)
  • 1 1/2 cup (9 ounces) semisweet chocolate morsels
  • 2 teaspoons vegetable shortening (Crisco)

Directions
  1. Beat the butter until creamy.
  2. Add sugar gradually, beating well.
  3. Add egg yolk and vanilla. Beat well.
  4. Add the flour using a wooden spoon.
  5. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls about two inches apart.
  6. Press nuts onto the outside edge of the cookies, leaving the center open.. Cut larger nuts (like macadamias) in half.
  7. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned.
  8. Let cool about 1 minute and then remove from cookie sheet to a cooling rack. Let cool completely.
  9. Place chocolate and vegetable shortening in the top half of a double boiler.
  10. Over simmering water, melt chocolate and vegetable shortening. Stir gently until combined.
  11. Spoon 1 heaping teaspoon melted chocolate over the center of the cookie.
  12. Spread over cookie, leaving the edges of the nuts still visible.
  13. Let chocolate set.
  14. Makes about 26 cookies.

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Comments

ahmed1 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Thanks for sharing Zena. It sounds delicious!!

gapeach55 11 months, 1 week ago said:
This cookie sounds unbelievable! High 5!


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