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Ingredients
| salted butter: 1/2 cup (softened) |
| cream cheese: 1 3oz package |
| eggs: 1 (separated) |
| vanilla extract: 1 tsp |
| lemon zest: 1 tsp |
| salt: 1/4 tsp |
| powdered sugar (sifted): 1 cup |
| all-purpose flour (sifted): 1 cup |
| walnuts (chopped): 1 cup |
| apricot preserves: 1/4 cup |
Walnut Cheesecake Cookies
Credit: AllRecipes
User rating:
"This has been a favorite Christmas cookie for years -- a bit of trouble to make but well worth it. Melt in your mouth goodness."
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Prep Time
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Cook Time
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Servings
12 serving(s)
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Directions
- Cream butter, cream cheese, egg yolk, vanilla, lemon peel and salt until fluffy. Gradually mix in confectioners' sugar, then the flour to make stiff dough.
- Chill dough for 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- Shape dough into 30 - one inch balls.
- Beat egg white until foamy. Dip balls in egg white then roll in chopped nuts. Arrange 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet and make a depression in each with your thumb.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes, until cookies begin to brown on the bottoms. Carefully remove to wire rack and while hot fill each depression with 1/2 teaspoon of apricot preserves or your favorite jam.