Individual Chocolate Cookie Stacks

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup ground almonds, toasted
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 3/4 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 Land O Lakes Egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• Large grain sugar
• 1/4 cup real semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 teaspoon shortening
• 1/2 cup Land O Lakes Heavy Whipping Cream
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon sour cream
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• Chocolate syrup
• 1 cup sliced fresh strawberries
• Fresh mint leaves, if desired

1. Heat oven to 375F.
2. Combine flour, ground almonds and cocoa in bowl.
3. Set aside.
4. Combine butter and 1/2 cup sugar in another bowl.
5. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy.
6. Add egg and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla.
7. Continue beating until well mixed.
8. Reduce speed to low; add flour mixture.
9. Beat until well mixed.
10. Divide dough in half.
11. Wrap each half in plastic food wrap; flatten slightly.
12. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm.
13. Roll out dough, one-half at a time, on lightly floured surface (keeping remaining dough refrigerated) to 1/8-inch thickness.
14. Cut with 2 1/2-inch round cookie cutter into 18 circles.
15. Place 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
16. Cut 2 circles into fourths.
17. (Do not separate.)
18. Sprinkle all cookies with large grain sugar.
19. Bake 6-9 minutes or until set.
20. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to cooling rack.
21. Cool completely.
22. Microwave chocolate chips and shortening in bowl, stirring occasionally, 30-60 seconds or until melted; cool slightly.
23. Line baking sheet with waxed paper.
24. Dip curved edge of cookie wedges in melted chocolate.
25. Place onto waxed paper.
26. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm.
27. Combine all vanilla cream ingredients in bowl.
28. Beat at high speed until stiff peaks form.
29. Drizzle chocolate syrup onto individual serving plate; place 1 cookie over syrup.
30. Pipe circle of vanilla cream onto cookie; top with strawberry slices, additional piped vanilla cream and second cookie.
31. Pipe vanilla cream over second cookie.
32. Garnish with 2 strawberry slices and 1 chocolate-dipped cookie wedge.

flour, ground almonds, unsweetened cocoa, butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, grain sugar, semisweet chocolate chips, shortening, cream, sugar, sour cream, vanilla, chocolate syrup, fresh strawberries, mint

Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/1385/individual-chocolate-cookie-stacks (may not work)