Chocolate-Dipped Toffee Butter Cookies

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Updated September 20, 2016

Cookies

1 3/4

cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour

Chocolate Dip

1

bag (12 oz) dark chocolate chips

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  Heat oven to 375°F. Line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper. In large bowl, beat softened butter, sugar and egg using electric mixer on low speed until blended; beat in vanilla. Add flour, baking powder and salt; continue beating until well blended. Stir in 1/2 cup toffee bits.

• 2

  Refrigerate dough 30 minutes. Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. Flatten with bottom of glass dipped in sugar.

• 3

  Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Remove to cooling rack.

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  In small deep microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips and shortening uncovered on High 1 to 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds, until mixture can be stirred smooth. Dip each cookie halfway into melted chocolate, letting excess drip off. Place on parchment or waxed paper; sprinkle with remaining toffee bits. Let stand about 1 hour or until chocolate is set. To quickly set chocolate, refrigerate cookies 15 minutes. Store between sheets of parchment paper in tightly covered container at room temperature.

Expert Tips

• You can use semisweet or milk chocolate chips instead of the dark chocolate chips.
• Toffee bits are sold in the baking aisle near the chocolate chips.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie

Calories

180

Calories from Fat

100

% Daily Value

Total Fat

11g

17%

Saturated Fat

6g

30%

Trans Fat

0g

Cholesterol

20mg

6%

Sodium

90mg

4%

Potassium

70mg

2%

Total Carbohydrate

20g

7%

Dietary Fiber

1g

4%

Sugars

10g

Protein

1g

Vitamin A

2%

2%

Vitamin C

0%

0%

Calcium

0%

0%

Iron

6%

6%

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.