Recipe: Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookie Logs

Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookie Logs
Source: Rhonda Golub
Makes 48

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon shortening
2 cups mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine flour, sugar, butter or margarine, and vanilla together in a large bowl. Stir in 1 cup of the mini-chocolate chips.

Shape dough into 2 inch logs. Space 2 inches apart on non-stick baking sheet.

Bake for 10-13 minutes. Let cookies cool completely before removing from pan (shortbread is brittle).

Melt the remaining 1 cup of mini chocolate chips in a double boiler and add shortening to liquify.

Dip one end of cookie in chocolate then roll in nuts.