Walnut Tassies

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

  • PREP

    20 mins

  • COOK

    25 mins

  • READY IN

    45 mins

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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