How To Make German Walnut Shortbread Cookies
These walnut shortbread cookies are a traditional German yuletide treat. The shortbread-style cookies are baked with walnut chunks.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1cupunsalted butter,cold
- 1cuppowdered sugar
- 1tspvanilla extract
- 2cupsflour
- ½tspsalt
- 1cupwalnuts,coarsely chopped
- 1cupsugar
Instructions
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Add the butter and powdered sugar and vanilla to a stand mixer on low speed for 20 seconds then move to high speed for 1 minute until light and fluffy.
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Add in the flour and salt on low speed until just combined, then add in the walnuts until just combined.
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Remove the dough, dividing it onto 2 large pieces of plastic wrap, and wrap into 2 large logs. Refrigerate them for at least 2 hours or until completely chilled.
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Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and unroll the cookie dough, slicing into ½” thick cookie dough slices then dip into sugar and bake on baking sheet for 10 to 12 minutes.
Nutrition
- Calories: 106.02kcal
- Fat: 5.26g
- Saturated Fat: 3.26g
- Trans Fat: 0.21g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 1.34g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.27g
- Carbohydrates: 14.21g
- Fiber: 0.19g
- Sugar: 8.84g
- Protein: 0.79g
- Cholesterol: 13.56mg
- Sodium: 33.27mg
- Calcium: 2.79mg
- Potassium: 9.79mg
- Iron: 0.09mg
- Vitamin A: 43.13µg
- Vitamin C: 0.00mg
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