Chocolate-dipped Macadamia Shortbread Cookies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups sifted flour
• 3/4 cup chopped macadamia nuts
• 1 cup milk chocolate chips or 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vegetable shortening

Recipe

• 1 in large mixing bowl, beat butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. gradually stir in flour until well blended.
• 2 stir in macadamia nuts.
• 3 place dough on wax paper and shape into a roll two inches in diameter.
• 4 wrap in paper and foil and chill at least two hours or overnight.
• 5 preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• 6 cut roll into slices approximately 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick.
• 7 bake on ungreased baking sheet for 20 minutes or until cookies begin to brown.
• 8 remove from oven; cool on wire rack.
• 9 meanwhile, in a small bowl melt chocolate chips (microwave works well) and stir in shortening.
• 10 mix well.
• 11 dip one end of each cookie into chocolate mixture and place on wax paper.
• 12 refrigerate cookies until chocolate hardens.
• 13 store in cool place.