Acorns
Recipe
- Title:
- Acorns
- Categories:
- Cookies
- Yield:
- 1 servings
Ingredients
- 1 c Butter, melted
- 2 1/2 c All-purpose flour, sifted
- 3/4 c Brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1/2 ts Baking powder
- 1 1/2 c Pecans, chopped fine,*
- 1 c Semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions
- * divided in 3/4 cup portions
Directions
- This is an easy yet elegant butter-pecan cookie shaped to resemble an acorn and dipped in melted chocolate chips and chopped pecans.
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375ø.
Directions
- In a large bowl, beat together butter, brown sugar, 3/4 cup chopped pecans and vanilla on medium speed until well blended.
- Add flour and baking powder and mix well, using low speed.
Directions
- Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
- Slightly flatten by pressing balls onto ungreased cookie sheets; pinch tops to point to resemble acorns.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes at 375ø.
- Remove from oven and cool on wire racks.
Directions
- In top of a double boiler over simmering water, melt chocolate chips, stirring until smooth.
- Remove from heat; keep double boiler over water.
- Dip large ends of cooled cookies into melted chocolate, then roll in chopped pecans.
- Cool to set chocolate.
Directions
- Yield: 3 dozen.
- Peggy Mellody, co-author, In the Chips: The Complete Chocolate Chip Cookbook (published by Rawson Associates), Los Angeles, CA
Directions
- Randy Shearer
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