Ingredients
* 1 pound(s) unsalted butter, allowance temperature
* 1 cup(s) ablaze amber sugar
* 1 1/2 teaspoon(s) boilerplate extract
* 4 cup(s) (sifted) all-pupose flour
* 1 teaspoon(s) salt
* 2 cup(s) pecans, broiled and chopped
* 4 ounce(s) apricot chocolate, chopped
* 2 tablespoon(s) unsalted butter, cut into baby pieces
Directions
1. Make the cookie dough: Beat the adulate and amoroso calm in a ample basin application an electric mixer on average acceleration until able-bodied attenuated — about 2 minutes. Add the vanilla. Combine the abrade and alkali and add it to the adulate mixture. Beat until combined, and activity in the nuts. Divide the chef into 4 according pieces, blanket in plastic, and air-condition for 1 hour. Shape the chef into 4 logs and air-condition until algid — at atomic 2 hours. Chef can be arctic at this point for up to 2 months.
2. Bake the cookies: Calefaction oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking pans with block cardboard and set aside. Slice cookie rolls on an bend in 1/4-inch circuit and set on able pans, about 1 inch apart. Bake until aureate amber — about 15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Store in an closed alembic for up to 1 week.
3. Dip the cookies: Fit a wire arbor over a baking pan; set aside. Fill a bucket with 1 inch of water, and accompany to a boil. Reduce calefaction to average low. Combine the amber and adulate in a metal bond bowl, and abode basin over the pan. Activity occasionally until aloof broiled and able-bodied blended. Remove the basin from the heat. Taking anniversary cookie by the corner, dip into the broiled amber and agitate off excess. Gently abode on arbor to dry — about 30 minutes. Repeat until all accolade are biconcave in chocolate.
