CHOCOLATE CROWNED ACORNS RECIPE

Chocolate Crowned Acorns Recipe image

Provided by kmaugh

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 cup butter
2/3 cup sugar
3 egg yolks
1 tsp almond extract
2 1/2 cups flour
2-3 drops green food coloring
5 squares (1 oz. each) semisweet chocolate, melted

Steps:

Cream butter and sugar. Stir in egg yolks and then add almond extract. Add flour, stirring until all ingredients are blended. Add green food coloring to make dough a pretty light green. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Pinch off small balls of dough, roll between palms of your hands into an acorn shape, pointed at the bottom. place on a greased and floured cookies sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake in a 375 degree oven, about 10 minutes until shininess has disappeared and cookie is solid. Remove cookie from pan and cool. Dip wide end of cookie in melted chocolate. Place on wax paper until chocolate has hardened. M