Butter-nut drops
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Butter |
| ¼ | cup | Sugar |
| 1 | each | Egg, separated |
| ½ | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | cup | Cake flour |
| 1 | tablespoon | Lemon juice |
| 2 | tablespoons | Grated orange rind |
| 1 | tablespoon | Grated lemon rind |
| ½ | cup | Brazil Nuts, ground fine |
| can | Cherries | |
Directions
Cream butter and sugar well. Add egg yolk and flavoring. Beat well.
Sift dry ingredients together and add with lemon juice and rinds. Mix thoroughly and place in a covered bowl. Chill. Roll into tiny balls (½ tsp. of dough per ball). Dip balls into slightly beaten egg white. Roll in ground nuts. Place on greased cookie sheet 1 inch apart. Press ½ candied cherry on top of each and bake at 350 F. 25 minutes. Makes 40. From: Culinary Art's Institute Encyclopedic CookBook Shared By: Pat Stockett Submitted By PAT STOCKETT On 02-04-95