Recipe For Cooking Walnut Cheesecake Cookies

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Walnut Cheesecake Cookies

1/2 C. butter or margarine, softened
3 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 C. sifted flour
1 C. finely chopped walnuts
Apricot or cherry jam
1/4 tea. salt
1 C. sifted confectioners’ sugar
1 lrg. egg, separated
1 tea. vanilla extract or flavoring
1 tea. grated lemon peel

Cream together butter, cream cheese, egg yolk, vanilla extract or flavoring, peel and salt until well blended. Gradually mix in powderedsugar, then flour to make a stiff dough. Chill dough for easier handling.

When dough is chilled, shape into 30 sm. balls, about 1 in. diameter. Beat egg white until foamy. Dip balls one at a time into the egg white, allowing excess to drip back, then roll in finely chopped walnuts. Arrange about 2 in. apart on ungreased cookie sheets and make a depression in the center of each with handle of knife. Bake at 325 degrees F for about 15 min., until cookies begin to brown on the bottom. Carefully remove to wire racks and, while hot, fill each center with about 1/2 tea. jam. Cool thoroughly.

Makes 30 cookies.