Norwegian Butter Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 Tbsp. white sugar
• 1 egg yolk (retain egg white)
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/4 tsp. almond flavoring
• 2 cups flour
• nuts
• sugar
• maraschino cherries

Directions

Cream butter and sugars. Add egg yolk, salt and flavoring. Mix well. Sift in flour. Mix well again. Roll into balls the size of a walnut. Dip in slightly beaten egg white. Roll in white sugar or nuts. Press flat with a fork and decorate with half a cherry. Bake 8-12 minutes at 350 degrees F until edges are slightly brown.

By Robin from Washington, IA