Butter-Nut Drops - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg, separated
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons grated orange zest
1 tablespoon grated lemon, zest of
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 cup flour, sifted
1/2 cup brazil nut, chopped
20 candied cherries

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar well.
Add egg yolk, vanilla, orange and lemon zest and salt; beat well.
Stir in lemon juice and flour.
Cover and chill 3 or more hours.
Preheat oven to 350F.
Roll dough into 40 small balls of about 1/2 rounded teaspoon each.
Dip balls into the slightly beaten egg white, then roll in the chopped nuts.
Place 1 inch apart on a greased cookie sheet, and press 1/2 candied cherry on top of each.
Bake 25 minutes.