Title: Black Walnut Butter Cookies
Categories: None
Yield: 72 Servings

3/4 c Butter; (no substitutes),
-softened
1 c All-purpose flour
1/2 c Cornstarch
1/2 c Confectioner's sugar
1/2 c Chopped black walnuts or
-walnuts
Additional confectioners'
-sugar

Notes Patsy Bell Hobson, Liberty, Missouri.COUNTRY MAGAZINE

In a mixing bowl, cream butter. Combine flour, cornstarch and sugar: add to
butter and mix well. Stir in walnuts. Roll in to 3/4 inch balls and place 1
inch apart on greased baking sheets. Bake at 300 degrees for 20-25 minutes
or until set. Cool on wire racks. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Yield: 6
dozen.

"This part of the SHOW ME STATE has an abundance of black walnuts, so these
cookies certainly represent my region of the country. I created

this recipe after a lot of experimentation…my family thinks they're a hit"!

Posted to recipelu-digest by ncanty@juno.com (Nadia I Canty) on Mar 22,
1998