Oh boy, time to bake Christmas/Holiday Cookies. This is another favorite cookie to add to last year's list. It boasts of chocolate yumminess.
Makes 4 dozen
Ingredients
1 cup butter
8 ounces semisweet chocolate squares
1 1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
1 1/2 teaspoons rum or rum extract
3 large eggs
1 cup all purpose flour
For topping
Powdered sugar or Toffee bites, even M&Ms will work (see below)
Instructions
Melt butter and 8 ounces unsweet and semisweet chocolate in a heavy saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring often or melt in microwave in 20 second intervals, stirring until completely melted. Remove from heat and cool completely. Stir in sugar, whipping cream and rum until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time stirring until blended. Gradually fold in flour.
Spoon batter into lightly greased mini muffin pans, filling almost full. Bake at 375 degrees for 12-14 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in center of cakes comes out clean. Remove to a wire rack to cool. Sprinkle bites with powdered sugar before serving.
Create your own
Add toffee bites or M & Ms to top before baking
Push a sweetened cherry into each muffin before baking
Add crushed nuts of choice, about 1/3 cup