Chocolate-Nut Fingers (Holiday Menus for Family)

 

About 8 dozens

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup margarine or butter, softened
• ½ cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 egg
• 3½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• Pinch of salt
• ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
• ½ cup chopped nuts

1. Mix sugar, margarine, milk, vanilla, alomond extract and egg in a large bowl ; stir in flour, baking soda and salt, cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours.
2. Heat oven to 375F.
3. For each cookie, shape 1 teaspoon dough into 4-in. rope. (For smooth, even ropes, roll back and forth on sugared surface.)
4. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake 9 to 12 minutes or until set and very light brown ; remove from cookie sheet, cool on a wire rack.
5. Heat chocolate chips until melted ; dip ends of cookies into chocolate, then into nuts.
6. Place cookies on waxed paper ; let stand about 10 minutes or until chocolate is set.

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