Chip-Topped Butter Cookies Recipe

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The chocolate center in these crisp butter cookies makes them a winner. Embellish them with a quick dusting of confectioners' sugar if you like. —Ruth Hodgdon, East Quogue, New York

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Chip-Topped Butter Cookies Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Yield: 18 Servings

15 15 30

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour
2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Confectioners' sugar, optional

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy; gradually add flour and mix well. Shape into 1-in. balls. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Using the end of a wooden spoon handle, make a wide indentation in the center of each ball; fill with five chocolate chips.
Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool for 2 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Just before serving, dust with confectioners’ sugar if desired. Yield: 3 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 110 calories, 7 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 14 mg cholesterol, 52 mg sodium, 12 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Chip-Topped Butter Cookies in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2005, p74