Christmas: Christmas Cookies
Source of Recipe
Christmas Cheer
List of Ingredients
1 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
2 egg yolks -- slightly beaten
2 cups flour
Icing
6 tablespoons butter
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 pound confectioners' sugar
1/3 cup cream
Recipe
Cream butter and sugar. Add egg yolks and flour. Blend well.
Roll into 1/2-inch balls and roll in finely chopped pecans.
Put on ungreased cookie sheet and press fingertip in middle.
Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes.
While hot, press again with fingertip and bake for 10 more minutes.
Cool.
Fill with icing.
Icing: Cream all ingredients. Beat until smooth. Divide icing into 2
bowls.
Tint
one bowl red and one bowl green. Ice cooled cookies. (This makes
enough for
2 batches.)