Walnut Shortbread Cookies

Name: Walnut Shortbread Cookies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons almond extract; 0 teaspoons baking powder; 227 grams cup butter or margarine, cut into chunks; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 158 milliliters granulated maple sugar (see notes); 0 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters chopped walnuts

The recipe Walnut Shortbread Cookies could satisfy your Southern craving in roughly 45 minutes. For 21 cents per serving, you get a dessert that serves 30. One portion of this dish contains around 2g of protein, 9g of fat, and a total of 112 calories. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. A mixture of flour, baking powder, butter, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious.

Instructions

In a food processor, whirl walnuts until finely chopped.

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Add flour, maple sugar, baking powder, and salt; whirl to mix.

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Baking Powder

Maple Sugar

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Add butter and almond extract; whirl just until dough holds together. (Or whirl nuts in a blender until finely chopped, or finely chop nuts with a knife, and place in a large bowl.

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Almond Extract

Butter

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Nuts

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Add flour, maple sugar, baking powder, and salt, and stir to combine.

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Maple Sugar

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Add butter and almond extract, and rub with your fingers until fine crumbs form. Pat dough into a ball.)

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Butter

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Dry Seasoning Rub

Shape dough into 1 1/2-inch balls and set 2 inches apart on 14- by 17-inch baking sheets. With the bottom of a glass or your palm, flatten balls to about 1/2 inch thick.

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Bake in a 325 oven until cookies are golden, 23 to 25 minutes (about 30 minutes in a 300 convection oven); if baking more than 1 sheet at a time, switch pan positions halfway through baking. With a spatula, transfer cookies to a rack to cool.

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Serve warm or at room temperature. Store cool cookies airtight up to 3 days; freeze to store longer.

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Servings:

1teaspoons

almond extract 0teaspoons

baking powder 227grams

cup butter or margarine, cut into chunks 473milliliters

all-purpose flour 158milliliters

granulated maple sugar (see notes)0teaspoons

salt 237milliliters

chopped walnuts

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are great choices for Southern. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. The Weingut Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spatlese Number 5 with a 4.4 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 69 dollars per bottle.