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Walnut & Chocolate Cookies Recipe

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Walnut & Chocolate Cookies
1 cup All-purpose flour
1/2 cup Powdered sugar
1/2 tsp Powdered cinnamon
1/2 cup Butter, chopped
1 cup Ground walnuts
1 tsp Grated lemon peel
1 Egg yolk, beaten
Chocolate Icing:
2 oz Semi-sweetened or bitter
-sweet chocolate
1/2 tsp Vegetable shortening


Preheat oven to 325 F (165 C). Sift flour, powdered sugar and cinnamon
together into a bowl. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse
meal. Stir in ground walnuts, lemon peel and egg yolk.

Turn mixture onto floured board and knead until smooth. Roll out on a
floured board 1/8-inch thickness and cut into 2-inch rounds. Place on
a greased cookie sheet and bake 10 to 15 minutes, or until lightly
browned. Cool on a wire rack.

Icing:

In a double boiler very slowly melt chocolate and shortening over warm
water. Dip half of each cookie into melted chocolate mixture.
Refrigerate on wax paper until chocolate is set.

Makes about 40 cookies.

Source: Gifts From The Pantry By Annette Grimsdale

Serves: 40
 


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