Stick To Your Teeth Chocolate Cookies

Recipe courtesy of Paula Deen

Yields 24 cookies

2 (1-ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup graham cracker crumbs, finely ground
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
24 shelled walnut halves
Walnut halves, to garnish

Heat oven to 350 degrees F.

Using a double boiler, melt the chocolate in a medium size bowl. Add the milk and stir until the mixture thickens, approximately 5 minutes. Remove the bowl from heat and add the crumbs, salt, nuts and vanilla extract and stir until well combined. Work quickly as the mixture will become stiff. Using a spoon, drop the mixture into rounded teaspoons onto a prepared greased cookie sheet. Place 1/2 a walnut on top of each cookie. Place cookies in oven and bake for 10 minutes. Remove cookies from oven and quickly transfer onto wax paper to cool.