Chocolate-Pecan Hedgehog Cookies

Name: Chocolate-Pecan Hedgehog Cookies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate baking chips; 79 milliliters butter, softened; 59 milliliters chocolate sprinkles; 59 milliliters confectioners sugar; 158 milliliters all-purpose flour; 158 milliliters ground pecans; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Chocolate-Pecan Hedgehog Cookies Head to the store and pick up vanillan extract, confectioners' sugar, chocolate sprinkles, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a small bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla.

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Powdered Sugar

Vanilla

Butter

Cream

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Bowl

Combine the flour, pecans and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Shape 1 tablespoon of dough into a ball; pinch the dough to form a face. Repeat.

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Pecans

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Place 2 in. apart on a greased baking sheet.

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Baking Sheet

Bake at 325° for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned.

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Oven

Let stand for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

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Wire Rack

In a microwave, melt chocolate; stir until smooth. Holding a hedgehog cookie by the nose, spoon chocolate over the back (leave the face uncovered). Allow excess to drip off.

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Chocolate