Chocolate-filled strips made with a cookie press.
Ingredients
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter
3/4 cups granulated sugar
1 large egg
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
10 Nestle’s chocolate candy bars
chocolate jimmies (optional)
Directions
- Pre-heat oven to 375 F. Sift flour and salt together. Set aside. Cream butter and sugar. Beat until smooth. Add egg and vanilla. Beat well. Stir in dry ingredients. Using a cookie press with the saw-tooth plate, press dough into long strips onto ungreased cookie sheet. Break up candy bars into 1-inch pieces. Place 1/4-inch apart on top of dough. Press another strip of dough over candy, covering completely. Sprinkle with chocolate jimmies (optional). Bake for 12 to 15 minutes. Cut into bite-size pieces immediately. Cool cookie sheets completely between batches.
Notes
- Posted by “Ann in NH” to the now-defunct Holiday Cookie Club at Epicurious.com.
- The photo of the recipe is actually of Candy Bar Cushions, but the technique is very similar. The dough ingredients are different, they use Hershey’s chocolate instead of Nestle’s, and they separate the cookies before baking.
- Photos courtesy of author K.B. Owen, whose talents as a baker are only overshadowed by her extraordinary talents as a writer of historical mysteries. Check out her novels (and recipes) at Kbowenmysteries.com.
