Cherry Nut Delights
From henrie 16 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 1
These make a nice Christmas cookie, very good but also very festive. Enjoy Servings depend on how many one person eats.
Ingredients
- Dough: shopping list
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature shopping list
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar shopping list
- 1/2 cup light corn syrup shopping list
- 2 large egg yolks shopping list
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour shopping list
- Topping: shopping list
- 2 large egg whites, slightly beaten shopping list
- 2 cups finely chopped walnuts or pecans shopping list
- About 4 dozen red or green candied cherries shopping list
How to make it
- Dough:
- In a large bowl, combine butter, sugar and corn syrup; cream together
- until mixture appears light and fluffy. Add egg yolks; beat until
- thoroughly mixed. Add flour; stir until mixed.
- Cover dough and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Baking sheets may be ungreased, or
- lined with parchment paper.
- Shape dough into small balls, about 1" in diameter.
- Topping:
- Dip the top of each ball into the beaten egg whites, and then dip the
- top into the chopped nuts.
- Place balls, nut side up, 2 inches apart onto baking sheets. Press a
- candied cherry into the center of each cookie. Bake 20 minutes or
- until cookies are set and very lightly browned. Remove cookies from
- baking sheets and cool on wire racks.
- Makes about 4 dozen cookies
The Rating
Reviewed by 8 people-
boy--this sounds really great
jonniespecials
in The Nature Coast loved it
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sounds and in my minds eye looks very festive...^5
peetabear
in mid-hudson valley loved it
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Sounds yummy and beautiful too. Great post. Thanks
dragonwings647
in Duchesne loved it
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