Butter-Nut Drops
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg, separated
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup cake flour
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp grated orange rind
1 tbsp grated lemon rind
1/2 cup Brazil nuts, ground fine
Candied cherries
Cream butter and sugar well. Add egg yolk and flavoring. Beat well.
Sift dry ingredients together and add with lemon juice and rinds. Mix thoroughly and place in covered bowl. Chill. Roll into tiny balls (1/2 tsp of dough per ball). Dip balls into slightly beaten egg white. Roll in ground nuts.
Place on greased cookie sheet 1 inch apart. Press 1/2 candied cherry on top of each and bake at 350 for 25 minutes. Makes 40.
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