Black Walnut Butter Cookies Recipe

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This part of the Show Me State has an abundance of black walnuts, so these cookies certainly represent my region of the country. I created this recipe after a lot of experimentation...my family thinks they're a hit!

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Black Walnut Butter Cookies Recipe

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 20 min./batch + cooling

Yield: 36 Servings

20 20 40

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup chopped black walnuts or walnuts
Additional confectioners' sugar

Directions

In a bowl, cream butter. Combine the flour, cornstarch and confectioners' sugar; add to butter and mix well. Stir in walnuts.
Roll into 3/4-in. balls. Place 1 in. apart on greased baking sheets.
Bake at 300° for 20-25 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks to cool. Dust with additional confectioners' sugar. Yield: 6 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 70 calories, 5 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 10 mg cholesterol, 39 mg sodium, 6 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Black Walnut Butter Cookies in Country April/May 1998, p51