Mom’s Christmas Cookies with candied fruit Recipe
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Ingredients: 1 cup of walnuts or pecans
1/2 cup butter with
1/2 cup granulated sugar till light and fluffy.
1 egg separated (egg yolk for the mix, egg white for rolling the nuts)
Mix:
*1 beaten egg yolk
*1 tablespoon orange rind
*1.5 teaspoon grated lemon rind
*1 tablespoon lemon juice
*1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup cake flour or regular flour
Candied cherry or candied ginger
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Directions:1) Preheat oven to 350-375 F
2) Chop/Crush walnuts or pecans (Original recipe used walnuts).
3) Cream butter with granulated sugar till light and fluffy.
4) Combine the Mix ingredients (see above) and add to the creamed butter.
5) Add flour and mix well
6) Roll batter into balls by the teaspoon.
7) Dip into slightly beaten egg white and roll into crushed nuts. (walnuts or pecans)
8) Add a candied cherry half /candied ginger to top of cookie and press.
To simplify things, you could try adding add a nut on top of the cookie rather than following the process of dipping in the egg white and rolling. However, I have not tried this alternative.
9) Bake for 20 minutes |
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Notes: My mom found this recipe in the Good Housekeeping Magazine (1952). She made them that Christmas (my first) and her last (age 82) .
Regretfully, I don’t make them every year...but when I do, I am always amazed how delicious these cookies are. Think of shortbread cookies with a citrus flair. The toasted nuts add a smokey foil to the cookie base. They were first made with red candied cherries. Times have changed. Now I use candied ginger.
I challenge you to eat just one.
Enjoy!
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