Surprise your guests with these moon shaped cookies packed with almonds and dipped in chocolate – a delicious dessert.
Chocolate-Dipped Almond-Toffee Moons
- Prep Time 2 hr 0 min
- Total 2 hr 0 min
- Servings 60
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1 cup finely chopped or ground almonds
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup toffee bits
Glaze
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 teaspoons shortening
- Additional toffee bits, if desired
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 325°F. In large bowl, beat powdered sugar, butter and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. On low speed, beat in flour, almonds and salt until well blended. Stir in 1/2 cup toffee bits.
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Step2Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Shape each ball into 2-inch-long log; bend into crescent shape. On ungreased cookie sheets, place crescents 1 inch apart.
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Step3Bake 13 to 15 minutes or until set and bottoms are golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Step4In 1-cup microwavable measuring cup, microwave chocolate chips and shortening on High 30 seconds. Stir; continue microwaving, stirring every 10 seconds, until chocolate is melted and can be stirred smooth. Dip 1 end of each cookie halfway into melted chocolate, letting excess drip off. If desired, sprinkle additional toffee bits over chocolate. Place on waxed paper or cooking parchment paper until set.
Nutrition
80
Calories
5g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
6g
Total Carbohydrate
3g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 80
- Calories from Fat
- 45
- Total Fat
- 5g
- 8%
- Saturated Fat
- 2 1/2g
- 13%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 3%
- Sodium
- 40mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 20mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 6g
- 2%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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