1 cup butter
¾ cup brown sugar
1 egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups sifted flour
Walnut halves
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolk and vanilla and mix. Add flour and mix well. Using about 1 teaspoon of dough, made a little pattie in the palm of your hand and put a walnut half in center of pattie. Fold over to form a cookie. Be sure all of the walnut half is covered. Place on greased cookie sheet and flatten slightly with tines of a fork. Brush with slightly beaten egg white. Top with small piece of candied cherry. Bake at about 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.
Makes about 6 dozen cookies 1x
Cookie Category: Molded or Shaped
Difficulty: ★ ★ ★ ☆
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