orange-walnut butter cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
• 1 1/2 teaspoons orange zest
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
• 24 walnut halves

Recipe

• preheat oven to 325 degrees f. grease cookie sheet.
• beat butter until smooth. add sugar and mix until fluffy. mix in orange concentrate, orange peel and vanilla.
• add flour and mix until dough comes together.
• form 1 rounded tablespoon of dough into a ball. place on prepared cookie sheet and flatten to a 2-inch round. repeat with the remaining dough. press 1 walnut half firmly each round.
• bake about 12 minutes or until cookies just begin to brown. remove to a rack and cool.