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Nibbs
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| | Posted on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 09:14 am EST : |   |
1/2 cup butter (no substitutes), softened
2/3 cup sugar
1 egg, separated
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup finely chopped pecans
Filling:
12 to 14 caramels (recipe was tested with Hershey caramels)
3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 teaspoon shortening
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg yolk, milk and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa and salt; add to the creamed mixture. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle.
Roll into 1-in. balls. Beat egg white. Dip balls into egg white and coat with nuts. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Using the end of a wooden spoon handle, make a 3/8 to 1/2 in. indentation in the center of each ball. Bake at 350º for 10-12 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Meanwhile, in a heavy saucepan, melt caramels with cream over low heat; stir until smooth. Using about 1/2 teaspoon caramel mixture, fill each cookie. In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and shortening. Drizzle over cookies. Yield: about 2 1/2 dozen
note: I use parchment paper on the cookie sheet to bake these and the mice. So much easier. Also, I used 2 chocolate squares (Baker's) with 1 tsp. margarine (also easier).
Diane British Columbia Zone 7b |
Monique
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| | Posted on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 09:49 am EST : | |
Ok..Ok..I'll try these too!
Diane..I love your NO Substitutes.
The girls at the office that wanted one got a copy of the mice this am:)
Had fun trying to find the licorice:(
Monique Quebec Zone 5 |
Nibbs
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| | Posted on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 10:04 am EST : | |
I had the same problem here, Monique. We finally found a store out here in the country that had the shoestring licorice. My city is quite small, but I knew where there had been some. All of them were moved to make a space for Christmas stuff. But one package of the mini-chips, mini-M&Ms and the shoestring licorice can do quite a few batches of mice, if some who are interested would care to share.
Diane British Columbia Zone 7b |
Rosemary
| | Posted on Saturday, December 13, 2003 - 01:33 pm EST : | |
Ohhhhhhhh, these look wonderful!
I've been waiting for the new country store in town to open - it opened! You know what they had??? An old fashioned candy section and guess what I found! I'm so excited.
Ro, CT Zone 5 |
Lulubelle
| | Posted on Saturday, December 13, 2003 - 05:19 pm EST : | |
Oh Diane, those cookies look and sound so delicious! Monique, if you make a batch, can I have ONE??????? If I make some then I will have to eat them all, and I will gain weight, and turn into my porky old self again, and I don't want to do that!!!!!
Lulubelle, zone 5, Quebec |
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