ORANGE-WALNUT BUTTER COOKIES

Orange-Walnut Butter Cookies image

Elegant orange flavored cookies.

Provided by Laria Tabul

Categories Desserts Nut Dessert Recipes Walnut Dessert Recipes

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

½ cup butter
¾ cup white sugar
1 tablespoon frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
1 ½ teaspoons orange zest
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ½ cups self-rising flour
24 walnut halves

Steps:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease cookie sheet.
Beat butter until smooth. Add sugar and mix until fluffy. Mix in orange concentrate, orange peel and vanilla.
Add flour and mix until dough comes together.
Form 1 rounded tablespoon of dough into a ball. Place on prepared cookie sheet and flatten to a 2-inch round. Repeat with the remaining dough. Press 1 walnut half firmly onto each round.
Bake about 12 minutes or until cookies just begin to brown. Remove to a rack and cool.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 200.8 calories, Carbohydrate 25.3 g, Cholesterol 20.3 mg, Fat 10.4 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 2.3 g, SaturatedFat 5.1 g, Sodium 253.1 mg, Sugar 13.2 g