Waxy Nut Cookies
Source of Recipe
Prairie Kitchen Sampler
List of Ingredients
1/2 cup butter -- softened
1 cup brown sugar -- firmly packed
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg -- well beaten
1 cup flour
1/2 cup walnuts -- chopped
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Lightly grease two cookie sheets. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add salt. Add egg; beat well. Add flour; mix until smooth. Fold in walnuts. Drop dough by teaspoon onto prepared cookie sheets; allow 3 inches between drops. Bake 10 minutes. Let cookies cool 5 minutes on cookie sheet before carefully removing with a wide spatula to a cooling rack. Makes 2 dozen.
Note: Altitude affects this recipe resulting in a thicker, less airy cookie.
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