Are you planning to make your Christmas more special, if so then you can easily opt for Chocolate Nut Balls Cookies! This is one of the most mouth watering Christmas Cookie Recipes well famous in many households all over the world. Chocolate Nut Balls Cookies carry a distinct taste and flavor of its own. Before we embark on the different aspects of making Christmas cookies, let?s delve into the important Christmas tradition associated with this festival. Facts indicate that during the 16th-century in Germany fir trees were decorated, both at indoors and outdoors, with various Christmas ornaments such as-- apples, roses, gilded candies, and attractive colored paper. On the other hand, in Middle Ages, a popular religious play well depicted the story of Adam and Eve's expulsion from the Garden of Eden. To commemorate this event a fir tree hung with apples was used to symbolize the Garden of Eden. Delicious Chocolate Nut Balls Cookies are cooked on the Christmas Eve. Other facts state that the Christmas tree was brought to England by Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert from his native land, Germany.
Its difficult to imagine Christmas without mistletoes. Analysis of the facts indicates that Mistletoe was used by Druid priests 200 years before the birth of Christ during the winter celebrations. The ancient Celtics believed that mistletoe had magical healing powers and its well used as an antidote for poison, infertility, and to ward of evil spirits. The plant was also seen as a symbol of peace and its also used to decorate Chocolate Nut Balls Cookies
Chocolate Nut Balls Cookies are especially popular among the young children since it contains chocolate along with chocolate chips. Making of Chocolate Nut Balls Cookies requires ready to avail ingredients---
3/4 cup of butter or margarine
3/4 cup of sugar
1 large egg
2 cup of all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp of salt to taste
1 tsp of vanilla extract
1 (12 oz.) packet of semi-sweet chocolate
2 c up of finely chopped nuts
Firstly, put the Cream butter, sugar, vanilla and egg in light fire, later mix flour and salt together and mix it with hands, until its blended. Then stir in 1/2 chocolate morsels in it. Use 1 level tablespoonfuls mixture for each cookie and then shape it into 2 inch logs, 1 inch balls or flat rounds and arrange the mixture on ungreased baking sheets. Bake it at 350 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes until its golden brown and remove it from oven. After that transfer cookies to wire racks and later melt the remaining chocolate with shortening. When cookies are cool enough, dip them into chocolate and sprinkle nuts on them and let it stand on waxed paper until its firm.
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