This is a traditional Christmas cookie made every year at our annual cookie baking weekend!
Original recipe makes 6 dozen cookies
Ingredients
1/2 pound sweet butter
6 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 cups all-purpose flour
Filling:
1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar
1 cup chopped walnuts
3 tablespoons butter, melted
3 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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PREP
20 mins
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COOK
25 mins
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READY IN
45 mins
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Beat sweet butter and cream cheese together in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Gradually stir flour into butter until forming a dough. Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place into 3/4-inch muffin cups. Press dough into the bottom and sides of each muffin cup.
- Mix brown sugar, walnuts, melted butter, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl. Spoon about 1 teaspoon of walnut filling into the dough cups.
- Bake in the preheated oven until edges of cookies are lightly browned and filling is cooked through, about 25 minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 159 kcal
Carbohydrates: 14.9 g
Cholesterol: 39 mg
Fat: 10.4 g
Fiber: 0.4 g
Protein: 2.2 g
Sodium: 66 mg