ACORN SHORTBREAD COOKIE RECIPE2 sticks unsalted butter
3/4 cup sifted confectioner's sugar
1/4 t. salt
1 t. vanilla
2 c. sifted all purpose flour
Cream butter, sugar, salt and vanilla in mixer. Add flour and beat until well mixed. Form cookie dough into a flattened round and wrap in saran. Refrig. at least an hour. Preheat oven to 300. Roll cookie dough 1/4" thick on a lightly floured surface. Cut into acorns using acorn cookie cutter and bake on ungreased cookie sheets for 20-25 mins. until they are pale and just beginning to turn light brown. Cool on racks.
For the Frosting:
1 T. salted butter
1 cup (6 oz) semisweet choc. chips
1 cup pecans, finely chopped
Melt butter and choc. chips in a double boiler over hot (not boiling) water, or in a microwave, stirring every 30 seconds until melted.
Dip the acorn tops in melted chocolate and then the chopped pecans. TIP: Use 1/4 to 1/2 of your chopped nuts at a time, as rolling the chocolate into your nuts makes a mess. It's nice to have a fresh pile of chopped nuts to move onto!
Thanks for sharing, Mama!
3/4 cup sifted confectioner's sugar
1/4 t. salt
1 t. vanilla
2 c. sifted all purpose flour
Cream butter, sugar, salt and vanilla in mixer. Add flour and beat until well mixed. Form cookie dough into a flattened round and wrap in saran. Refrig. at least an hour. Preheat oven to 300. Roll cookie dough 1/4" thick on a lightly floured surface. Cut into acorns using acorn cookie cutter and bake on ungreased cookie sheets for 20-25 mins. until they are pale and just beginning to turn light brown. Cool on racks.
For the Frosting:
1 T. salted butter
1 cup (6 oz) semisweet choc. chips
1 cup pecans, finely chopped
Melt butter and choc. chips in a double boiler over hot (not boiling) water, or in a microwave, stirring every 30 seconds until melted.
Dip the acorn tops in melted chocolate and then the chopped pecans. TIP: Use 1/4 to 1/2 of your chopped nuts at a time, as rolling the chocolate into your nuts makes a mess. It's nice to have a fresh pile of chopped nuts to move onto!
Thanks for sharing, Mama!
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3 comments:
Excellent! These are going to be such fall fun!
I've also done them with a squirrel cutter. I cover just the tail in chocolate and nuts. They are really cute and fun to eat.
How totally yummy! I was telling my momma about them, too! Thanks for sharing! :)
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