Recipe#7424

Title: Cashew 02

From: harvey@bennettengineering.com (Harvey Bennett) 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.baking 
 Subject: Re: Peanuts & Cashews 
 Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 16:47:41 GMT 
 Message-ID: <360e6c09.6594010@news.earthlink.net> 

1/2 cup butter  
 1 cup light brown sugar, packed 
 1/3 cup sour cream 
 1 egg, beaten 
 1 tsp vanilla extract 
 1 3/4 cup flour, unsifted 
 3/4 tsp baking soda 
 1/4 tsp salt 
 1 cup cashews, chopped
 2 cup Powdered sugar, sifted 
 3 tablespoons Butter, softened 
 dash salt 
 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 
 1/4 cup milk 
 red or green food coloring 
 whole cashews for garnish 
 Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease 2 large cookie sheets. In large
 mixing bowl with electric mixer at medium speed, cream butter and
 brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add sour cream, egg, and vanilla.
 Mix until well combined. Stir flour, soda, and salt together. Add
 to creamed mixture and mix until well combined. Fold in chopped
 cashews.
 Drop dough by teaspoons onto greased cookie sheets. Bake 8 to 10
 minutes at 375 degrees. Mix together all icing ingredients, except
 whole cashews. After cookies have cooled, spread icing over tops.
 Garnish each with a cashew.
 Variation: Interesting cookies can also be made substituting walnuts
 or pecans for the cashews in both the cookie and icing ingredients.