acorn magic delights

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1 cup butter, melted
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups finely chopped pecans
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 12 mins Ready Time: 2 hrs


• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c).
• in a large bowl, beat together butter, brown sugar, 3/4 cup chopped pecans, and vanilla until well blended. combine flour and baking powder, and stir into the butter mixture. shape dough into 1 inch balls, and place ungreased cookie sheets. flatten cookies slightly to keep them from rolling off of the pan, and pinch the tops to a point to resemble acorns.
• bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, or until firm. remove from cookie sheet to cool on wire racks.
• in the top of a double boiler, melt chocolate chips, stirring frequently until smooth. remove from heat; keep chocolate warm over water in the double boiler. dip pointy ends of cooled cookies into melted chocolate, then into the remaining 3/4 cup chopped pecans. allow cookies to set on waxed paper.