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Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 9 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 3 egg whites
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 6 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate, melted

Recipe

Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 10 mins


• preheat the oven to 400 degrees f (200 degrees c). lightly grease baking sheets.
• in a medium bowl, cream together butter and 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar until smooth. beat in the egg whites one at a time until batter is light and fluffy. stir in the vanilla. mix in the flour just until blended. dough will be a little stiff.
• using a cookie press or a pastry bag with a medium star tip, press dough prepared baking sheet into 3-inch lengths, like a ladyfinger.
• bake cookies in preheated oven until straw-colored, about 10 minutes. cool on wire rack.
• when cookies are cool, dip one end of each cookie in melted chocolate and place on wax paper until chocolate hardens. store in a cool place.