Golden Nut Filled Cookies Recipe

Ingredients:

Cream Cheese Butter Cookies:

• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour, sifted
• ½ tsp. salt (omit if using salted butter)
• ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
• ¾ cup unsalted butter
• 3 oz. cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• Grated rind of 1 orange

Walnut Filling:

• 1 ½ cups ground walnuts
• 1 cup confectioners sugar
• 2 Tbsp. butter, softened
• 2 Tbsp. strong coffee

Peanut Butter Filling:

• 1 ½ cups peanut butter
• 3 Tbsp. light corn syrup
• 4 tsp. heavy cream
• 2 Tbsp. softened butter
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 lb. confectioners sugar

Instructions:

Cream Cheese Butter Cookies:

1. Sift together flour, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside.
2. Cream butter and cream cheese together. Gradually add sugar and mix well. Beat in egg, vanilla, and orange rind, then slowly add the flour mixture.
3. Chill dough well - overnight or longer, and chill scraps in the freezer before re-rolling.
4. Press a ball of dough into the nut mold (the point of a knife helps to start them out). No drying is needed before baking.
5. Bake for 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees F. Alternate flavors can be used such as almond, pecan, orange, etc.

For filling:

Mix together well. Roll or scoop into a ball and squash between two baked nut cookie halves until it overflows between them.

Recipe is courtesy of House on the Hill - www.houseonthehill.com