Robin's Nests

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs, separated
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups walnuts, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 3 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 2 drops blue food coloring
• 1 drop green food coloring
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 12 mins Ready Time: 45 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• in a large bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. beat in the egg yolks then stir in the vanilla. stir in the flour and mix well.
• in a shallow dish, such as a pie pan, beat egg whites until foamy. spread walnuts on a plate or waxed paper.
• roll 1 teaspoon of dough into a ball; roll in egg whites then in walnuts. place 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet. make a depression in each ball with your thumb.
• bake in preheated oven for 12 minutes.
• meanwhile, cream the remaining 2 tablespoons butter with corn syrup, blue and green food coloring and almond extract. gradually stir in confectioners' sugar. roll 1/2 teaspoon of fondant mixture into egg-shaped balls. place fondant eggs into hollows of baked cookies.