Dip And Sprinkle Cookies

Total Time: 8 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 60
• 1/3 cup flour, sifted
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 large egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup almonds, finely ground
• 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon hot water
• chocolate or candy sprinkles

Recipe

• 1 sift already sifted flour with salt and set aside.
• 2 in large bowl, cream butter with electric mixer at medium speed.
• 3 add sugar, egg yolk, and vanilla.
• 4 beat until light and fluffy.
• 5 gradually add flour and salt mixture and almonds, mixing until well blended.
• 6 shape dough into two logs, each 1 1/2-inches in diameter, and wrap in wax paper.
• 7 refrigerate until firm, at least two hours.
• 8 preheat oven to 350°.
• 9 lightly grease a cookie sheet.
• 10 using a ruler, mark each log at 1/4 inch intervals.
• 11 with a sharp thin knife, cut into slices and put onto prepared cookie sheet, one inch apart.
• 12 bake 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 13 remove from cookie sheet and cool on rack.
• 14 prepare chocolate mixture.
• 15 in top of double boiler, over hot water, melt chocolate chips and butter.
• 16 stir in hot water.
• 17 lay sheet of wax paper on table.
• 18 dip half of each cookie into hot chocolate mixture and put on wax paper.
• 19 if using sprinkles, dip a few cookies and then sprinkle while chocolate is still wet.
• 20 let dry at least one hour.