Want to Bake with Nuts?

There is nothing more fun than baking all sorts of sweet treats during the holidays. What better way to add flare to your baking than with nuts? New Braunfels Feed has the fresh nuts you might need. We have:

  • Pecans
  • Walnuts
  • Almonds
  • Cashews
  • Pralines
  • Yogurt covered pecans

YUM! Here is one recipe for your recipe bank — great for the holidays.

Brown Sugar Cookies with Walnuts

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 cups flour
  • 3/4 cup walnuts; chopped
  • dash salt
  • walnut or pecan halves

Directions:

Cream butter and sugar together until light; add vanilla and eggs; beat well. Dissolve soda in milk; add flour, salt and walnuts. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto a lightly greased baking sheet then sift granulated sugar over cookies and put a half walnut on each.

Bake at 375° for 8 to 10 minutes, until lightly browned.
Makes about 3 dozen cookies.

Source: http://southernfood.about.com/od/sugarcookies/r/blbb291.htm