Chocolate Chip Dipped Almond Fingers Recipes

CHOCOLATE-DIPPED CHIPS

Steps:

• Place the chocolate chips in a medium heat-safe bowl. Place the bowl over a saucepan with 1 inch of water in the bottom and heat over medium heat. Stir constantly with a rubber spatula until the chocolate is completely melted and smooth. Stir in the oil and remove from the heat.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Dip each chip halfway into the chocolate coating, allowing the excess to drip off back into the bowl. Place the coated chip on the parchment-lined tray and continue with the remaining chips. Garnish with the sprinkles or salt of your choice. Refrigerate the chips until the chocolate is set, about 15 minutes. Serve, or store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days before serving.

ALMOND-TIPPED SHORTBREAD FINGERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Gradually add flour and mix well. Shape 1/2 cupfuls of dough into 1/2-in. thick logs. Cut logs into 2-in. pieces. , Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 15-17 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. , In a microwave, melt white chocolate; stir until smooth. Dip an end of each cookie into chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Then dip into almonds. Place on waxed paper; let stand until set.

CHOCOLATE CHIP & DIPPED ALMOND FINGERS

Steps:

• Cream 14 tablespoons butter and sugar.
• Add egg and beat well.
• Beat in almond and vanilla.
• Sift together flour, cinnamon, and salt.
• Add to creamed mixture.
• Blend in 6 ounces of chips.
• Chill till workable.
• Take a tablespoon of dough for each cookie shape into fingers (if needed use flour to help form cookies) and place on greased cookie sheet.
• Sprinkle with sugar.
• bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
• Cool on rack.
• Dip one side of cookie in chocolate.
• Place on waxed paper till set.

CHOCOLATE CHIP DIP

Steps:

• Mix cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, butter, brown sugar, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until smooth.
• Chill dip in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
• Mix in chocolate chips. Serve with graham crackers for dipping.

ALMOND CHOCOLATE FINGERS

Steps:

• BASE.
• Place butter, ground almonds and sugar in small bowl and beat until combined. Add eggs, mix well. Add sifted sugar and flour and stir through. Grease 2 oven trays, line with greaseproof paper and grease paper lightly. Divide base evenly between the trays, spreading mixture to a length of 20cm (8in) by 15 cm (6in) wide. Bake in a moderately hot oven for 7 minutes or until golden brown. Remove and spread with topping whilst still warm. Return to oven and bake a further 5 minutes or until topping is a pale golden brown colour.
• Cut into fingers while still warm and allow to cool on wire rack. Melt chocolate and Copha in top part of a double saucepan over simmering water ( I use my microwave on a low setting) . Pour chocolate into a small bowl, dip biscuits diagonally (so as to get chocolate on a diagonal) into chocolate, place on aluminum foil to set. Store in airtight container in refrigerator.
• TOPPING.
• Place butter, sugar glucose, flaked almonds and water in a small saucepan, stir over low heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to boil and boil for 4 minutes.

WONDERFUL ALMOND FINGERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, cream together unsalted butter and sugar. Beat in the egg and egg yolk one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and almond extracts. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually stir into the sugar mixture until smoothly blended. Fill a large pastry bag fitted with a 3/4 inch round tip. A large freezer storage bag with one of the corners snipped off will also work.
• Pipe dough into 2 inch long logs using a side to side squiggle motion. Space cookies at least 2 inches apart. Place cookie sheets with cookies into the freezer for a couple of minutes to harden.
• Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until cookies are lightly browned. Cool for a few minutes on the baking sheets, then remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• In the microwave or in a metal bowl over a pan of simmering water, melt chocolate and 2 tablespoons of butter, stirring frequently until smooth. Remove from heat and stir in the milk. Dip both ends of the cooled cookies into the chocolate and place them onto waxed paper to set.