CHOCOLATE-STRAWBERRY PRETZEL COOKIES

Chocolate-Strawberry Pretzel Cookies image

Every year I come up with a new recipe, and this is one that's been requested over and over. Who would ever guess how good pretzels are in cookies? -Isabel Minunni, Poughkeepsie, New York

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 40m

Yield about 1 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
1-1/2 cups finely ground pretzels (about 6 ounces)
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted
1/3 cup seedless strawberry jam
Confectioners' sugar

Steps:

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. In another bowl, mix ground pretzels, flour and baking powder; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Divide dough in half. Shape each into a disk. Cover and refrigerate until firm enough to roll, about 1 hour., Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion of dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 3-1/2-in. tree-shaped cookie cutter. Using a floured 1-3/4-in. tree-shaped cookie cutter, cut out the centers of half of the cookies. Place solid and window cookies 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets., Bake until edges are light brown, 8-10 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., Spread melted chocolate onto bottoms of solid cookies; let stand until firm. Spread jam over cooled chocolate; top with window cookies. Dust lightly with confectioners' sugar. Freeze option: Freeze undecorated cookies in freezer containers. To use, thaw in covered containers and decorate as directed.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 245 calories, Fat 15g fat (9g saturated fat), Cholesterol 54mg cholesterol, Sodium 164mg sodium, Carbohydrate 28g carbohydrate (14g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 3g protein.