Dark Chocolate Lemon Pixies Food

DARK CHOCOLATE LEMON PIXIES

Steps:

• Melt butter and chocolate in 1-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally, 3-5 minutes or until smooth. Cool 10 minutes.
• Pour melted chocolate mixture into bowl. Add 1 cup flour, sugar, eggs, baking powder, vanilla and salt; beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until well mixed. Stir in remaining flour, cocoa and lemon zest. Cover; refrigerate 1 hour or until firm.
• Heat oven to 300°F.
• Shape dough into 1 1/2-inch balls. Roll in powdered sugar. Place, 2 inches apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 14-16 minutes or until just set.
• Immediately press 1 piece candied lemon peel into center of cookie. Remove to cooling rack; cool completely.

DARK CHOCOLATE LEMON DROP COOKIES #RSC

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350`F.
• Mix flour, baking soda and salt and set aside.
• Zest lemon and then microwave the lemon for ten seconds to get the juice flowing. Then cut and squeeze lemon juice cut side up into a mixing bowl being careful not to get seeds in the bowl.
• Mix margarine, sugar and honey with juice until well blended.
• Then add egg, vanilla and heavy cream and mix again until well blended.
• Then add flour mixture and mix just until blended inches.
• Add dark chocolate chips and mix into cookie dough.
• Scoop cookie dough by the tablespoon full onto a NonStick Reynolds Wrap covered baking sheet. Press cookies down slightly and bake at 350`F for 8 to 10 minutes until light golden brown.

CHOCOLATE PIXIES

Steps:

• Melt the shortening and chocolate in a bowl over hot water; cool slightly.
• Take off heat and using an electric mixer, blend in the sugar.
• Beat in eggs--one at a time beating for 1 minute after each addition.
• Add the vanilla.
• Add the flour, powder, and salt and mix well.
• Chill for 15 minutes as the dough will be very soft.
• Put the confectioners sugar in a shallow bowl so you can put the rolled balls in it.
• Roll dough into balls the size of a walnut and roll in the confectioners sugar.
• Bake in a 300 degree oven for 12-15 minutes.
• Should be soft to touch in oven; should be chewy when done.

CHOCOLATE PIXIES

Steps:

• Melt margarine and chocolate. Cool slightly. Stir in remaining ingredients, except powdered sugar; blend well. Chill dough for 30 minutes.
• Heat oven to 300°F Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in powdered sugar. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 15-18 minutes or until edges are set. Remove immediately from cookie sheet.