1 c Butter; (2 sticks)
1/4 c Sugar
1 ts Vanilla
2/3 c Grated semisweet chocolate
1 c Pine nuts; toasted and
-lightly Chopped
2 1/4 c Cake flour
1/2 ts Salt
Powdered sugar
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. With an electric mixer, in a medium size
bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Stir in the vanilla, grated chocolate,
and pine nuts. Mix in the flour and salt. Chill the dough. When ready to
bake, roll out the dough, on a floured surface, to a 1/4inch thickness. Cut
out the cookies with a 2inch round cookie cutter. Gather the scraps
together and reroll the dough to cut out more cookies. Place slightly apart
on a nonstick baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes, or until the cookies are
dry and firm. When cool, dust the cookies with the powdered sugar. Yield:
about 28 to 32
Yields
1 Servings