Chocolate Heaven Logs
Ready In: 52 mins
Serves: 10-20
Yields: 100-120 logs
Ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup butter, softened
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 1⁄4 cups flour, sifted
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
FOR CHOCOLATE COATING
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 1⁄2 cups ground walnuts
- 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions
- Line cookie sheets with parchment and set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla until well mixed, approximately 2 minutes.
- IN a separate bowl, sift flour, and salt, and blend into butter mixture.
- Stir in chips by hand.
- Shape dough into logs about 2 inches long, and 3/4 inches wide.
- Place on parchment lined cookie sheets and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
- Remove pans from oven and place on wire racks, allowing logs to cool completely on the cookie sheets.
- To prepare coating:
- Melt chocolate chips and butter in microwaveor double boiler stirring every 15-20 seconds until smooth.
- If mixture seems too thick, add more melted butter, and stir until smooth.
- Put ground nuts on a paper plate or small bowl.
- Dip logs 3/4 way into chocolate, scraping the excess from the back(flat side) of the cookie onto the side of the cup or bowl.
- Roll or dip the coated log in the nuts.
- Place on waxed paper to set.
- Store logs covered in a single layer.
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