Chocolate Sambuca Cookies
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Ingredients:
2/3 cup all-purpose
flour
3/4 teaspoon
baking soda
1 cup blanched
almonds, finely ground
1/3 cup confectioners'
sugar
12 squares (1
ounce each) semisweet chocolate
3 large eggs
4 tablespoons
margarine or butter (1/2 stick)
1/3 cup sambuca
(anise-flavor liqueur)
1 cup sugar
Instructions:
In 2-quart saucepan, melt
chocolate with margarine or butter over low heat, stirring frequently.
Remove saucepan from heat; cool chocolate mixture slightly.
In medium bowl, with wire
whisk, mix eggs, sambuca, and 1/2 cup sugar; blend in chocolate mixture.
With spoon, stir ground almonds,
flour, and baking soda into chocolate mixture until combined (dough will
be very soft). Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate
at least 4 hours or overnight.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
F. In small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar with remaining 1/2
cup sugar. With lightly floured hands, roll dough by rounded tablespoons
into balls. Roll balls in sugar mixture to coat. Place balls, about 2 inches
apart, on ungreased large cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes until cookies
are just set and look puffed and cracked. Let cookies remain on cookie
sheet 1 minute to cool slightly. With pancake turner, remove cookies to
wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough and sugar mixture.
Nutrition Facts:
Amount Per Serving:
Calories 85
Fat 4 g, Cholesterol 13
mg,
Sodium 20 mg,
Courtesy Of:
Good Housekeeping
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