Name: Robin's Nests
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 36
Ingredients: Butter, softened - 1 cup; Firmly packed brown sugar - ½ cup; Eggs, separated - 2; Vanilla extract - 1 ½ teaspoons; All-purpose flour - 2 ¼ cups; Walnuts, finely chopped - 1 ½ cups; Butter, softened - 2 tablespoons; Light corn syrup - 3 tablespoons; Blue food coloring - 2 drops; Green food coloring - 1 drop; Almond extract - 1 teaspoon; Confectioners' sugar - 2 cups

Recipe information

Cooking:

30 min.

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Ingredients for - Robin's Nests

1. Butter, softened - 1 cup

2. Firmly packed brown sugar - ½ cup

3. Eggs, separated - 2

4. Vanilla extract - 1 ½ teaspoons

5. All-purpose flour - 2 ¼ cups

6. Walnuts, finely chopped - 1 ½ cups

7. Butter, softened - 2 tablespoons

8. Light corn syrup - 3 tablespoons

9. Blue food coloring - 2 drops

10. Green food coloring - 1 drop

11. Almond extract - 1 teaspoon

12. Confectioners' sugar - 2 cups

How to cook deliciously - Robin's Nests

1. Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2. Stage

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.

3. Stage

In a shallow dish, such as a pie pan, beat egg whites until foamy. Spread walnuts on a plate or waxed paper.

4. Stage

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.

5. Stage

Bake in preheated oven for 12 minutes.

6. Stage

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.