Chocolate Sticks

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

Decoration

• 100 g semisweet chocolate
• 50 g unsalted butter

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 F

2. 2

   Grease a baking sheet.

3. 3

   Blend the four, nuts and grated chocolate together on a pastry board.

4. 4

   Make a well in the centre.

5. 5

   Add sugar, vanilla sugar and egg to the well.

6. 6

   Mix a littel to the dry ingredients into the egg mixture.

7. 7

   Cut the cold butter into small pieces over the flour mixture.

8. 8

   Work together all the ingredients quickly to make a smooth dough.

9. 9

   Chill for 1/2 hour.

10. 10

    Shape the dough into rolls about the thickness of a finger.

11. 11

    Cut the rolls into 5 cm (2") pieces.

12. 12

    Place on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 12 to 18 minutes or until light golden brown.

13. 13

    Cool cookies.

14. 14

    Glaze:.

15. 15

    Melt the chocolate and butter in the top half of a double boiler, stirring until well blended and smooth.

16. 16

    Dip the ends of the cooled cookies int the chocolate.

17. 17

    Allow dipped cookies to cool on waxed paper until the chocolate has set.