Ingredients
12
12 servings
- •0.5 cup butter, softened
- •1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
- •1 egg, separated
- •1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- •1 teaspoon lemon zest
- •0.25 teaspoon salt
- •1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
- •1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
- •1 cup finely chopped walnuts
- •0.25 cup apricot preserves
Instructions
- 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.
Nutritional Facts
Per 12 servings
- Calories: 260
- Carbohydrate: 25g
- Fat: 17g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Sugar: 15g
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