Frosted Cashew Cookies
Created by beckster82 on October 23, 2011
- Servings: 30
- Prep Time: 20m
- Cook Time: 8-10m
- Recipe #1120
Ingredients
- FOR COOKIES
- 1/2 cup margarine, softened (or butter, softened)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 194 grams cashew halves (salted, 1 3/4 cups)
- FOR FROSTING
- 1/2 cup butter (ONLY)
- 3 tablespoons light cream
- 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups powdered sugar
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
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Step 2: In a bowl, cream softened margarine or butter and brown sugar. Beat in egg, sour cream and vanilla; mix well.
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Step 3: Combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture and mix will. Gently fold in cashews.
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Step 4: Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven 8-10 minutes. Remove from pan onto cooling racks; cool thoroughly.
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Step 5: To make the frosting: lightly brown butter in pan; remove from heat. Add in cream and vanilla. Beat in confectioners sugar until smooth & thick.
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Step 6: Frost cookies and decorate each cookie with a cashew half.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (48.8 g)
- Calories 210.6
- Total Fat - 10.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.7 g
- Cholesterol - 17 mg
- Sodium - 167.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 28.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.4 g
- Sugars - 20 g
- Protein - 2.5 g
- Calcium - 20.8 mg
- Iron - 0.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg