Shelly's Recipe

CHOCOLATE MACADAMIA CLUSTER COOKIES

Category: Cookies

Clusters:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 large egg
1/4 cup unsweetened chocolate, melted, cooled
1/3 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda and salt
1 cup coarsely chopped macadamia nuts or hazelnuts

Chocolate Frosting:
2 oz unsweetened chocolate
2 tbsp butter
3 tbsp buttermilk
2 cups powdered sugar

Clusters: Preheat oven to 400. In a mixing bowl with electric beaters, cream together sugar, butter and egg. Mix in cooled chocolate, buttermilk and vanilla until blended. Combine flour, baking soda, salt and nuts in a separate bowl; add to chocolate mixture. Drop rounded tspfuls about 1 inch apart onto buttered baking sheets.

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until almost no imprint remains when cookie is touched lightly in center. Remove at once from baking sheet to wire rack to cool.

Chocolate Frosting: Melt chocolate and butter together over low heat or in the microwave. Stir in buttermilk and powdered sugar until smooth. Frost cookies.