Chocolate Mint Meltaways

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/2 cups mint chocolate chips
• 1 large egg yolk
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cups flour, unbleached
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 1/2 cup mint chocolate chips (use 1 10-oz bag of nestles mint-chocolate chips and divide into 1 cup and 1/2 cup.)
• 2 tablespoons almonds, toasted, chopped
• 1 1/2 tablespoons vegetable shortening

Recipe

• 1 cookies:
• 2 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 3 melt over hot (not boiling) water, 1 cup of mint chocolate chips; stir until smooth.
• 4 set aside.
• 5 in a large bowl, combine butter, confectioners' sugar, and egg yolk.
• 6 beat until creamy.
• 7 add melted chips and flour; beat until well blended.
• 8 drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• 9 bake at 350 degrees f. for 8 to 10 minutes.
• 10 allow to stand for 3 minutes before removing from cookie sheets.
• 11 cool completely on wire racks.
• 12 glaze:
• 13 combine over hot (not boiling) water the remaining 1/2 cup of mint-chocolate chips and vegetable shortening.
• 14 stir until chips are melted and mixture is smooth.
• 15 drizzle each cookie with 1/2 t of the glaze; sprinkle with almonds.
• 16 chill until set.
• 17 stor in airtight container in the refrigerator.