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Mixed Nut Turtles
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Yield: 26 cookies
Source: Christmas with Southern Living 1998
Debra's Comments: A pretty family favorite Christmas Cookie…
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INGREDIENTS:
3/4 cups butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 (9.75 ounce) can mixed nuts (with almonds, macadamia nuts, and cashews)
1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate morsels
2 teaspoons shortening
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Beat butter at medium speed of an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add yolk and vanilla, beating well. Add flour, beating just until blended.
- Drop dough by level tablespoonfuls 2” apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten each ball of dough to a 2” circle, using fingers. Cut large macadamia nuts in half. Press nuts firmly into outside top edges of cookies.
- Bake at 350° for 10 to 12 minutes or until edges of cookies are lightly browned. Cool on cookie sheets 1 minute. Carefully remove cookies to wire racks to cool completely.
- Place chocolate and shortening in top of double boiler over hot water; stir until melted. Spoon 1 heaping teaspoon melted chocolate onto center of each cookie. Spread and smooth chocolate between nuts. Let set until chocolate hardens.
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