Chocolate Sticks

Total Time: 1 hr 27 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 300 g flour
• 40 g ground nuts
• 30 g semisweet chocolate, grated
• 120 g sugar
• 9 g oetker vanilla sugar (1 pkg)
• 1 egg
• 300 g butter, cold
• 100 g semisweet chocolate
• 50 g unsalted butter

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 f
• 2 grease a baking sheet.
• 3 blend the four, nuts and grated chocolate together on a pastry board.
• 4 make a well in the centre.
• 5 add sugar, vanilla sugar and egg to the well.
• 6 mix a littel to the dry ingredients into the egg mixture.
• 7 cut the cold butter into small pieces over the flour mixture.
• 8 work together all the ingredients quickly to make a smooth dough.
• 9 chill for 1/2 hour.
• 10 shape the dough into rolls about the thickness of a finger.
• 11 cut the rolls into 5 cm (2") pieces.
• 12 place on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 12 to 18 minutes or until light golden brown.
• 13 cool cookies.
• 14 glaze:.
• 15 melt the chocolate and butter in the top half of a double boiler, stirring until well blended and smooth.
• 16 dip the ends of the cooled cookies int the chocolate.
• 17 allow dipped cookies to cool on waxed paper until the chocolate has set.