Nut Cookies
Florence's recipe for thumbprint-style nut cookies filled with chocolate syrup or jelly. A classic butter cookie rolled in ground nuts with an indented center for filling.
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The Original
Processed by Claude
Ingredients
- ●2 cups (480ml) flour
- ●1/2 lb. (225g) butter
- ●3/4 cup (180ml) brown sugar
- ●1 egg yolk
- ●White of egg
- ●1/4 lb. (115g) coarsely ground nuts
- ●Chocolate syrup or jelly for filling
Instructions
- 1
Mix first 4 ingredients (flour, butter, brown sugar, and egg yolk).
- 2
Form balls and swish in egg white.
- 3
Then roll in ground nuts.
- 4
Bake in 375° oven for 5 minutes.
- 5
With a thimble (or finger) press down in center of each cookie.
- 6
Place back into oven for 15 minutes — or until brown.
- 7
When cool, fill center with chocolate syrup or jelly.