Chocolate-Pecan Hedgehog Cookies

Name: Chocolate-Pecan Hedgehog Cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16 cookies.
Ingredients: 1/3 cup butter, softened; 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2/3 cup all-purpose flour; 2/3 cup ground pecans; 1/8 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate baking chips; 1/4 cup chocolate sprinkles

3 reviews

Test Kitchen Approved

Total Time

Prep: 30 min. Bake 15 min./batch + cooling

Makes

16 cookies

Unlike the real woodland creatures, these chocolate-coated hedgehogs dwell on snack plates and cookie trays. The little guys are fun to make and eat. —Pamela Goodlet, Washington Island, WI

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Ingredients

1/3 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
2/3 cup ground pecans
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate baking chips
1/4 cup chocolate sprinkles

Directions

Preheat oven to 325°. In a small bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour, pecans and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Shape 1 tablespoon of dough into a ball; pinch the dough to form a face. Repeat. Place 2 in. apart on a greased baking sheet.
Bake 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Let stand 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
In a microwave, melt chocolate; stir until smooth. Holding a hedgehog cookie by the nose, spoon chocolate over the back (leave the face uncovered). Allow excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper; immediately coat the wet chocolate with sprinkles.
With a toothpick dipped in chocolate, make two eyes and a dot on the nose. Let stand until set. Store in an airtight container.

Test Kitchen Tips

Cookies can be made ahead and frozen. Just thaw and decorate.

To encourage the kids (or the kid in you) to flex some creative muscles, supply white chocolate and colored sprinkles. Who says a hedgehog can't be rainbow-colored?

Nutrition Facts

1 each: 114 calories, 8g fat (4g saturated fat), 10mg cholesterol, 46mg sodium, 11g carbohydrate (6g sugars, 1g fiber), 1g protein.

Chocolate-Pecan Hedgehog Cookies

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