Recipe for Lemon Nut Cookies

Submitted by: C. Wayne Recipe Ingredients: 1/2  cup margarine 1/2  cup granulated sugar 1  egg, separated 1  tsp vanilla extract 2  tbsp lemon juice 2  tsp lemon zest 2  tsp orange zest 1 1/4  cups all purpose flour 1/2  cup chopped English Walnuts Cooking Directions: 1.  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. 2.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). 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.     English Walnuts (Raw, No Shell) A very common ingredient found in many baking items. These walnut halves and pieces are mainly grown in California and Oregon. All recipes are listed in good faith and Nuts.com fully respects copyright protection and private property of original recipe authors. If a recipe is listed against an author's wishes, please contact us and we will remove the recipe immediately.