Almond Tipped Shortbread Fingers

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 6 ounces chocolate baking squares
• 1/4 cup almonds, chopped

Recipe

• 1 in bowl, cream butter and brown sugar.beat in vanilla.gradually add flour,shape 1/2 cupfuls of dough into 1/2" thick logs.
• 2 cut logs into 2 pieces.
• 3 place 2" apart on ungreased sheet --
• 4 bake at 325* for 15-17 minutes.or lightly browned.
• 5 remove to wire racks to cool.
• 6 chop almonds and place and place in a small shallow bowl.
• 7 melt chocolate in microwave or in top of double boiler.stir till smooth.
• 8 dip one end of cooled shortbread cookie into chocolate and then into chopped almonds.
• 9 place on sheet of waxed paper to allow chocolate to set -- .