Title: Chocolate Shortbread Logs
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 72 servings
2 c All-purpose flour
1 c Butter; (2 sticks) softened
1/2 c Sifted powdered sugar
1 ts Vanilla
1 pk Semisweet chocolate chips
; (6-oz)
1 tb Shortening
1/2 c Walnuts; finely chopped
Recipe by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 12/2/96 Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, combine flour, butter, sugar and vanilla. Blend
thoroughly.
Using a rounded teaspoon of dough for each cookie, shape with hands into
2-inch logs. (To make shaping easier, you can coat each piece of dough very
lightly with powdered sugar.) Place 1/2 inch apart on an ungreased cookie
sheet.
Bake for 10 to 13 minutes. They should be barely golden brown on the
bottom.
Carefully remove cookies to a wire rack. Hot cookies are very fragile. Let
cool thoroughly. Heat chocolate chips and shortening together in the
microwave on a low power level until just melted. Stir to combine.
Dip ends of each cooled cookie into chocolate. Place on a cookie sheet
lined with waxed paper.
Sprinkle walnuts over ends. Chill until firm, about 1 hour.
Yield: 6 dozen.
Tester's note: Elegant, rich and delicious. Freeze these by the dozens for
unexpected guests. Barbara Love, Sperreng Middle School.
