"Golden Nut" Filled Cookies Recipe

• 2 1/2 cups flour, sifted
• 1/2 tsp. salt (omit if using salted butter)
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter
• 3 oz. cream cheese
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• grated rind of 1 orange

Sift together flour, salt and cinnamon-set aside. Cream butter and cream cheese together. Gradually add sugar and mix well. Beat in egg, vanilla, and orange rind, then slowly the flour mixture. Chill dough well-overnight or longer and chill scraps in the freezer before re-rolling. Press a ball of dough into the nut mold ( the point of a knife helps to start them out.) No drying is needed before baking. Bake 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees F. Alternate flavors ~ almond, pecan, orange, etc.

Mix together well. Roll or scoop into a ball and squash between two baked nut cookie halves until it overflows pleasantly between them.