Walnut Cheesecake Cookies

Name: Walnut Cheesecake Cookies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters apricot preserves; 118 milliliters butter, softened; 237 milliliters sifted confectioners sugar; 85 grams package cream cheese; 1 egg, separated; 237 milliliters sifted all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon lemon zest; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 237 milliliters finely chopped walnuts

Walnut Cheesecake Cookies is a vegetarian recipe with 30 servings. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 1g of protein, 7g of fat, and a total of 96 calories. Head to the store and pick up salt, lemon zest, confectioners' sugar, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Cream butter, cream cheese, egg yolk, vanilla, lemon peel and salt until fluffy. Gradually mix in confectioners' sugar, then the flour to make stiff dough.

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Powdered Sugar

Cream Cheese

Lemon Peel

Egg Yolk

Vanilla

Butter

Cream

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Chill dough for 2 hours.

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Dough

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

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Oven

Shape dough into 30 - one inch balls.

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Dough

Beat egg white until foamy. Dip balls in egg white then roll in chopped nuts. Arrange 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet and make a depression in each with your thumb.

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Egg Whites

Nuts

Roll

Dip

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Baking Sheet

Bake for 12-15 minutes, until cookies begin to brown on the bottoms. Carefully remove to wire rack and while hot fill each depression with 1/2 teaspoon of apricot preserves or your favorite jam.

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Apricot Preserves