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Christmas Cookies: My Mom's Nut Cup Recipe
This is my favorite Christmas cookie recipe, so I'm sharing it with Lake Zurich Patch readers.
Crust Ingredients:
¼ pound of butter
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1 3 oz. cream cheese
1 cup of flour
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Cream together well and refrigerate for half hour.
Form into 24 balls
Filling Ingredients:
1 cup of walnuts or pecans
¾ cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 Tablespoon butter
Mix together well.
Press cream cheese mixture into miniature muffin pan to form cups. Fill with nut mixture; do not overfill.
Place in preheated 350-degree oven for 20-25 minutes.
After it cools, sprinkle with sifted powdered sugar.
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