Sugar Honeys

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• Salt, to taste
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2/3 cup walnuts, chopped
• 1 egg white
• Candied cherries (to garnish)
• Butter frosting

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 300 degrees F. Grease a cookie sheet.
2. Mix first 6 ingredients and roll into small balls, then dip into slightly beaten egg white and roll in nuts. Make an indentation in the center of each ball with a floured measuring spoon.
3. Bake for 5 minutes on prepared cookie sheet, then make a deeper dent and bake for 15 minutes longer.
4. When cooled, fill indentations with butter frosting and top with a piece of candied cherry.

Notes

This cookie keeps quite well and can be frozen (unfilled), then filled just before serving.