Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookie Logs

Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookie Logs Delicious shortbread logs with chocolate chips in the cookie and dipped in chocolate and nuts on the end.

• Step 1

  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.

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• Step 2

  Cream together butter and confectioners’ sugar until smooth. Stir in vanilla. Mix in the flour, and then one cup of the chocolate chips. Shape dough into 2×1/2 inch logs. Place logs 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheets.

• Step 3

  Bake for 10 to 13 minutes in preheated oven, or until firm. Let cookies cool completely before removing from pan (shortbread is brittle).

• Step 4

  Melt the remaining 1 cup chocolate chips and shortening over a double boiler, stirring frequently until smooth. Dip one end of each cookie into the chocolate, then into the nuts. Place onto waxed paper until set.

Per Serving: 107 calories; protein 1.2g; carbohydrates 10.1g; fat 7.5g; cholesterol 10.2mg; sodium 28.2mg.