Festive Chocolate Hearts

Name: Festive Chocolate Hearts
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 22 grams baking cocoa; 147 grams packed brown sugar; 227 grams butter, cubed; 1 egg, lightly beaten; 281 grams all-purpose flour; 24 servings Red nonpareils; 1 teaspoons salt; 270 milliliters semisweet chocolate chips; 2 Tbsps shortening; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 88 grams finely chopped walnuts

Festive Chocolate Hearts might be a good recipe to expand your hor d'oeuvre recipe box. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 3g of protein, 16g of fat, and a total of 280 calories. This recipe serves 24. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 40 minutes. A mixture of nonpareils, brown sugar, shortening, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy.

Instructions

In a saucepan, combine butter and brown sugar. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until butter is melted.

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Brown Sugar

Butter

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Sauce Pan

Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. Cool for 15 minutes. Stir in egg.

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Vanilla

Egg

Combine the flour, cocoa and salt; add to butter mixture. Fold in walnuts. Cover and chill for 30 minutes or until easy to handle.

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Walnuts

Butter

Cocoa Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-in. thickness.

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Dough

Roll

Cut with a floured 3-in. heart-shaped cookie cutter.

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Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets.

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Bake at 350° for 9-10 minutes or until edges are firm.

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Remove to wire racks to cool.

For topping, in a microwave, melt chocolate chips and shortening over low heat; stir until smooth. Cool slightly. With a small spatula, spread a thin layer of chocolate mixture around edges of cookies; sprinkle with nonpareils.

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Chocolate Chips

Nonpareils

Shortening

Chocolate

Spread

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Place on waxed paper; let stand until set.

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Servings:

22grams

baking cocoa 147grams

packed brown sugar 227grams

butter, cubed 1

egg, lightly beaten 281grams

all-purpose flour 24servings

Red nonpareils 1teaspoons

salt 270milliliters

semisweet chocolate chips 2Tbsps

shortening 1teaspoon

vanilla extract 88grams

finely chopped walnuts

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