Buttery Nut Cookies Recipe

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Make these wonderful cookies for the holidays as gifts for friends. They will be asking for the recipe.—American Dairy Assoc, Stacy Duffy, Chicago, Illinois

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Buttery Nut Cookies Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + chilling Bake: 15 min./batch

Yield: 24 Servings

15 15 30

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup ground pecans
Confectioners' sugar, optional
2 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted, optional

Directions

In a bowl, cream butter, sugar, egg yolk, vanilla and salt until light and fluffy. Combine flour and pecans; gradually add to creamed mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or up to 2 days.
Shape into 1-in. balls. Place 1-1/2-in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until firm.
If desired, immediately roll warm cookies in confectioners' sugar; or cool cookies and drizzle with melted chocolate. Yield: 4 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 150 calories, 10 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 29 mg cholesterol, 102 mg sodium, 14 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Buttery Nut Cookies in Country Woman November/December 1997, p41