Lemon Nut Cookies

For these nutty little cookies, sugar cookie dough is flavored with lemon and orange peels and rolled in chopped nuts before baking.

• Calories: 186 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ cup chopped walnuts
• 1 ¼ cups sifted all-purpose flour
• ½ cup margarine
• 1 egg, separated
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons lemon zest
• 2 teaspoons orange zest

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).

Step 2

Cream margarine with sugar. Add egg yolk (reserve egg white), lemon juice and grated lemon and orange peels and beat. Add flour and mix well. Chill for one hour.

Step 3

Dip a teaspoonful of dough into slightly beaten egg white and then into nuts. Place nut side up, 2 inches apart on lightly-oiled cookie sheet. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until lightly browned. Transfer to cooling rack immediately.