Butter-Nut Drops

11 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg, separated
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 tablespoons grated orange zest
  • 1 tablespoon grated lemon, zest of
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 cup flour, sifted
  • 1/2 cup brazil nut, chopped
  • 20 candied cherries

Directions

  1. 1
    Cream butter and sugar well.
  2. 2
    Add egg yolk, vanilla, orange and lemon zest and salt; beat well.
  3. 3
    Stir in lemon juice and flour.
  4. 4
    Cover and chill 3 or more hours.
  5. 5
    Preheat oven to 350F.
  6. 6
    Roll dough into 40 small balls of about 1/2 rounded teaspoon each.
  7. 7
    Dip balls into the slightly beaten egg white, then roll in the chopped nuts.
  8. 8
    Place 1 inch apart on a greased cookie sheet, and press 1/2 candied cherry on top of each.
  9. 9
    Bake 25 minutes.

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