Chocolate Acorns

Preheat oven: 375F

1 cup butter
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 1/2 cup chopped pecans
2 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 tsp vanilla extract

Melt the butter over low heat. In a large bowl, beat together butter, brown sugar, 3/4 cup chopped pecans and vanilla until well blended. Add flour and baking powder and mix well. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Slightly flatten by pressing balls onto ungreased cookie sheets; pinch tops to point to resemble acorns.

Bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on wire racks.

In top of a double boiler melt chocolate chips, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat; keep chocolate warm over water in the double boiler. Dip large ends of cooled cookies into the melted chocolate, then roll in remaining 3/4 cup pecans. Cool on wax paper to set chocolate.

Makes 3 dozen