Chocolate And Banana Shortbread

• 3/4 cup dried bananas
• 2 13/16 tablespoons almond paste
• 2 9/16 tablespoons chopped walnuts
• 1 egg
• 1 1/8 cups butter softened
• 15/16 cup confectioner's sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 3/8 cups flour
• milk chocolate

1. Chop the dried bananas, almond paste, and walnuts into small pieces. Combine them with the egg in the bowl of a stand mixer until you obtain a smooth paste. Add the butter, sugar, salt, and flour to the banana mixture. Mix on high speed until the dough forms a ball.
2. Divide the dough in two and place it on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.
3. Preheat the oven to 330F.
4. Remove the dough from the fridge. Let it sit at room temperature for 5 minutes.
5. Roll out the dough until it is 4 millimeters thick. Cut out shapes with a cookie cutter and bake for 15 minutes on parchment paper or until golden brown. Once the cookies are out of the oven, let them cool on a wire rack.
6. Melt the chocolate in the microwave. With a teaspoon, spread the chocolate on the back of the cookies. Let the chocolate set for 1 hour.

bananas, almond paste, walnuts, egg, butter, sugar, salt, flour, milk chocolate

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Chocolate-and-Banana-Shortbread-2044025 (may not work)