Acorn Magic Delights

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 1/2 cups pecans, chopped fine
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 melt the butter or margarine over low heat. in a large bowl, beat together butter, brown sugar, 3/4 cup chopped pecans, and vanilla until well blended.
• 2 add flour and baking powder and mix well.
• 3 shape dough into 1-inch balls.
• 4 slightly flatten by pressing balls onto ungreased cookie sheets; pinch tops to point to resemble acorns.
• 5 bake for 10 to 12 minutes at 375 degrees f ( 190 degrees c). remove from oven and cool on wire racks.
• 6 in top of a double boiler melt chocolate chips, stirring until smooth.
• 7 remove from heat; keep chocolate warm over water in the double boiler.
• 8 dip large ends of cooled cookies into melted chocolate, then roll in remaining 3/4 cup chopped pecans.
• 9 cool to set chocolate.