Chocolate Filled Poppy Seed Cookies

9th in the series of Christmas Cookies

1 cup butter

1/2 cup sugar

2 egg yolks

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 teaspoon salt

3 Tablespoons poppy seeds

2 cups flour

Semi-sweet chocolate chips

Makes 4+ dozen

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Directions:

Cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla. Add salt and poppy seeds, mix well.

Add flour.

Chill overnight or until firm.

Heat oven to 375*F.

Shape into 1-inch balls. Place on parchment lined cookie sheet.

Last year, I melted the chocolate chips and piped a drop into an indentation in the baked cookie that I'd made before baking. THIS year, I pushed a chocolate chip into the top of each cookie BEFORE baking. It looks the same. I'm all for simplifying.... put a cold chocolate chip into the top of the cookie before baking. :)

Bake for 9-11 minutes. They should only be just slightly browned on the bottom as they are done. Don't over bake them.