Chocolate Heaven Logs

Total Time: 52 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 17 mins

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
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/2 cups ground walnuts
• 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 line cookie sheets with parchment and set aside.
• 2 in a large bowl, beat butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla until well mixed, approximately 2 minutes.
• 3 in a separate bowl, sift flour, and salt, and blend into butter mixture.
• 4 stir in chips by hand.
• 5 shape dough into logs about 2 inches long, and 3/4 inches wide.
• 6 place on parchment lined cookie sheets and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
• 7 remove pans from oven and place on wire racks, allowing logs to cool completely on the cookie sheets.
• 8 to prepare coating:.
• 9 melt chocolate chips and butter in microwaveor double boiler stirring every 15-20 seconds until smooth.
• 10 if mixture seems too thick, add more melted butter, and stir until smooth.
• 11 put ground nuts on a paper plate or small bowl.
• 12 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.
• 13 roll or dip the coated log in the nuts.
• 14 place on waxed paper to set.
• 15 store logs covered in a single layer.