Chocolate Dipped Butter Cookies
By: Anonymous
Published: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 12:01pm

Ingredients




 cups sifted all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter or regular butter, softened
2/3 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup finely chopped unblanched almonds
1 pkg. (6 oz.) semisweet chocolate pieces
3 tablespoons butter or regular butter
1 tablespoon hot water
Chopped almonds, chocolate shot or multicolor nonpare

Preparation

1 Sift flour with salt; set aside. In large bowl, with wooden spoon or electric mixer at medium speed, beat butter, sugar, egg yolk and vanilla until light and fluffy. 2 Gradually stir in flour mixture and 1 cup almonds, mixing until well blended. With hands, shape dough into two rolls 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Wrap in foil or plastic wrap. Refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease cookie sheets. With sharp knife, cut into slices 1/4 inch thick. Place cookies, 1 inch apart, on prepared cookie sheets. 3 Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until lightly browned. Remove to rack; cool. Make chocoalte dip: in small saucepan, over low heat, melt chocolate and butter; add hot water. Dip half of each cooled cookie into chocolate mixture. Sprinkle with chopped almonds, chocolate shot or multicolor nonpareils. Makes 6 dozen. NOTE: Sift flour before measuring.