walnut cheesecake cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 egg, separated
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 cup finely chopped walnuts
• 1/4 cup apricot preserves

Recipe

• cream butter, cream cheese, egg yolk, vanilla, lemon peel and salt until fluffy. gradually mix in confectioners' sugar, then the flour to make stiff dough.
• chill dough for 2 hours.
• preheat oven to 325 degrees f (165 degrees c).
• shape dough into 30 - one inch balls.
• beat egg white until foamy. dip balls in egg white then roll in chopped nuts. arrange 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet and make a depression in each with your thumb.
• bake for 12-15 minutes, until cookies begin to brown on the bottoms. carefully remove to wire rack and while hot fill each depression with 1/2 teaspoon of apricot preserves or your favorite jam.