Butter-nut Drops

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg, separated
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons grated orange zest
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon, zest of
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 cup flour, sifted
• 1/2 cup brazil nut, chopped
• 20 candied cherries

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar well.
• 2 add egg yolk, vanilla, orange and lemon zest and salt; beat well.
• 3 stir in lemon juice and flour.
• 4 cover and chill 3 or more hours.
• 5 preheat oven to 350f.
• 6 roll dough into 40 small balls of about 1/2 rounded teaspoon each.
• 7 dip balls into the slightly beaten egg , then roll in the chopped nuts.
• 8 place 1 inch apart on a greased cookie sheet, and press 1/2 candied cherry on top of each.
• 9 bake 25 minutes.