Walnut Cookies are tender buttery sweet cookies with a center of chewy brown sugar, walnut, and sour cream filling.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time12 minutesmins
Total Time22 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 24cookies
Calories: 164kcal
Ingredients
½cupbuttersoftened
1cupbrown sugar
1egg
1teaspoonvanilla extract
2cupsall-purpose flour
½teaspoonbaking soda
¼teaspoonsalt
Walnut Filling
1cupwalnutschopped
½cupbrown sugar
¼cupsour cream
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Cream together butter and sugar until smooth and combined. Mix in the egg and vanilla. Sift the flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to the wet ingredients.
In a separate bowl combine the chopped walnuts, ½ cup of brown sugar and the sour cream.
Using a 1½ inch cookie scoop place scoops of dough on a silpat or parchment lined baking sheet. Make a thumbprint indentation into each cookie and fill with a generous teaspoon of the walnut filling.
Bake for 11-12 minutes until just starting to turn brown. Remove from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet. Place cookies on a wire rack to finish cooling.