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Walnut Chocolate Hearts Recipe

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I've been making these cute cookies with mom since I was a little girl. They're certainly one of my favorites and very fast to make.

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Walnut Chocolate Hearts Recipe

Prep: 30 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Yield: 24 Servings

30 10 40

Ingredients

1 cup butter, cubed
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg, lightly beaten
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup baking cocoa
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
TOPPING:
1-1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
2 tablespoons shortening
1/2 cup ground walnuts

Directions

In a large saucepan, combine butter and brown sugar. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until butter is melted. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. Cool for 15 minutes. Stir in egg.
Combine the flour, cocoa and salt; add to butter mixture. Fold in walnuts. Cover and chill for 30 minutes or until easy to handle.
On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 3-in. heart-shaped cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake at 350° for 9-10 minutes or until edges are firm. Remove to wire racks to cool.
For topping, in a microwave, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Dip half of each heart into chocolate mixture; allow excess to drip off. Dip edges of dipped side into ground walnuts. Place on waxed paper; let stand until set. Yield: about 4 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 233 calories, 15 g fat (7 g saturated fat), 29 mg cholesterol, 133 mg sodium, 23 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Walnut Chocolate Hearts in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2006, p185

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Reviewed on Feb. 12, 2013 by samalexmcnair

Absolutely Horrible!! I wouldn't recommend to anyone to make them. I read the top comments thinking that they would turn out great... After tasting them I wen back to look if I had left an ingredient out and then read the further down comments, explaining they taste like cardboard.

Reviewed on Feb. 09, 2012 by milfred99

These cookies are great! I took these to a church function and got many requests for the recipe. Some reviewers commented that they were greasy...yes, but I found that once I rolled them out in the flour they were perfect. They are not that sweet, but you find that some people (like my husband and others) prefer cookies this way. I will definitely be making these again. Yum!

Reviewed on Feb. 19, 2010 by Katriana84

This was an adorable idea! But the recipe should be sweeter. They were super fun to make, and they have a wonderful presentation! I like the taste of them, but you expect a chocolate cookie dipped in chocolate to taste sweeter that these did! My husband didn't like them at all (he used the term "cardboard" - uh oh!) But he said he would like them if they were sweeter. Perhaps some adjustments could be made? More sugar in the dough? Fully sweetened chocolate instead of semi-sweet to dip them in? (also, my dough was not greasy AT ALL. Perhaps a mistake?)

Reviewed on Feb. 11, 2010 by time2cook

They are not real sweet, but they grow on you. They turn out really pretty, but are more like a shortbread type cookie. Good and fairly easy to make.

Reviewed on Feb. 08, 2010 by cocotel

Quite simply, the worst cookie dough ever. Greasy, greasy, greasy - I actually came on the site to make sure the recipe I printed had not had the ingredient measurements updated. They are the same. I just threw out some pretty expensive ingredients! What a shame, because the photo of them looked so great!

Reviewed on Feb. 01, 2010 by Raggamuffin

I TOOK THIS IDEA TO DECORATE THE CHOCOLATE COOKIES I MADE FROM BOX MIX. THEY LOOKED SO NICE!

Reviewed on Jan. 15, 2010 by mamerch

Dry and bland, but I love the chocolate coating. Good idea, bland recipe.