Cookie Recipes
Chocolate Dipped Macadamia Nut Shortbread
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 2 cups flour, sifted
- 1 1/2 teaspoons shortening
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup macadamia nuts, coarsely chopped
- 1/4 cup macadamia nuts, finely chopped
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar and vanilla extract together. Slowly stir in flour until well blended. Add coarsely chopped macadamia nuts.
- On wax paper shape cookie dough into a roll approximately two inches in diameter. Roll wax paper around dough then wrap the roll in aluminum foil.
- Place in refrigerator, chilling at least 2 hours or more.
- Heat oven to 300 degrees F.
- Remove chilled cookie dough and cut roll into slices between 1/4 and 1/2 inch thick. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake for approximately 20 minutes or until they turn golden brown around the edges.
- While cookies cool on a wire rack, pour 1/4 cup finely chopped macadamia nuts into small bowl.
- Melt chocolate chips in a bowl in microwave. Add shortening to warm, melted chocolate chips, blending well.
- Dip one end of each cookie into chocolate, then into the finely chopped macadamia nuts and place on wax paper.
- Refrigerate cookies until chocolate hardens. Store in cool place.