Men's Pocky

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 dash salt
• 3/4 cup dark chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup crushed nuts (optional)

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to 400 degrees farenheit.
• 2 add dry ingredients and mix well.
• 3 add butter, half of the water and the egg yolk. begin mixing. drizzle on more water as needed to form a nice smooth dough.
• 4 break the dough into about two dozen small balls.
• 5 knead each ball slightly then roll with both hands to desired length and thinness. *any cracks in the dough will make it break after cooking so keep working until it is nice and smooth. *round ends look better than pointed ones and they have the added benefit of not burning while they are baking.
• 6 place on a greased baking sheet and put into your hotbox. cook for 10 - 15 minutes, checking the bottom to make sure they don't burn.
• 7 while the sticks are cooking, melt your chocolate either in a double boiler or using your microwave.
• 8 once the sticks are done, let them cool just enough to handle and dip in the chocolate leaving one end free of chocolate.
• 9 if you chose to use the crushed nuts, you will want to roll the pocky in the crushed nuts before the chocolate cools.
• 10 lay these out on parchment paper to cool.
• 11 enjoy!