Walnut Butter Cookies

Submitted by Betty Sullivan (Des Plaines, IL)

Walnut

CookiesHoliday & Special Occasion

Sweets

Vegetarian

prep

10

mins

cook

20

mins

make

2

dozen

1/2 cup

(1 stick) butter, softened

1/4 cup

sugar

1 teaspoon

vanilla

1 cup

Fisher® Walnut Halves & Pieces, finely chopped

1 cup

cake flour

1/2 cup

multi-colored sprinkles

24

Fisher® Walnut Halves

Food Safety Instruction

Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light in color and creamy. Add vanilla; beat until very fluffy. Add chopped Fisher® Walnuts and flour; mix on low speed until blended. Stir in sprinkles by hand. Refrigerate dough 1 hour.
Heat oven to 350°F. Shape dough into 24 balls. Arrange on ungreased cookie sheets 1 inch apart. Lightly press 1 walnut half into each ball.
Bake 20 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on pans 10 minutes. Remove to wire rack; cool completely.

Substitute Fisher® Pecan Halves for the walnuts.

Prepare using different colored sprinkles depending on the holiday or occasion.