Chocolate-Nut Fingers

Chocolate-Nut Fingers

Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1 cup margarine or butter (2 sticks) -- softened
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 egg
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped nuts

Directions:
Mix sugar, margarine, milk, vanilla, almond extract and egg in large bowl.
Stir in flour, baking powder and salt. Cover and refrigerate at least 4
hours.
Heat oven to 375º. For each cookie, shape 1 teaspoon dough into 4-inch
rope. (For smooth, even ropes, roll back and forth on sugared surface.)
Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 9 to 12 minutes or until set and very light brown. Remove from cookie
sheet. Cool on wire rack.
Heat chocolate chips until melted. Dip ends of cookies into chocolate,
then into nuts. Place cookies on waxed paper. Let stand about 10 minutes
or until chocolate is set.
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Please note, if you should change this recipe it will no longer be an
approved Betty Crocker® Recipe.
Copyright:
"© General Mills, Inc. 1998."
Yield:
"96 Cookies"
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