Robin's Nests
Description
This robin's nests recipe is made out of a butter cookie rolled in chopped walnuts. They're filled with homemade fondant eggs and perfect for Easter.
Ingredients
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1 cup butter, softened
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1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
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2 eggs, separated
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1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
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1 1/2 cups walnuts, finely chopped
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3 tablespoons light corn syrup
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2 tablespoons butter, softened
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1 teaspoon almond extract
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2 drops blue food coloring
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1 drop green food coloring
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2 cups confectioners' sugar
Directions
1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2
Beat 1 cup butter and brown sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks until incorporated, then stir in vanilla. Add flour; mix well. Set dough aside.
3
Whisk egg whites in a shallow dish until foamy. Spread walnuts on a plate or waxed paper.
4
Roll 1 teaspoon dough into a ball; roll in egg whites, then in walnuts. Place on a cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining dough; space 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Press thumb into each ball until makes an indentation.
5
Bake in the preheated oven for 12 minutes.
6
Meanwhile, beat corn syrup, 2 tablespoons butter, almond extract, and food colorings together; gradually stir in confectioners' sugar until fondant mixture incorporated. Roll ½ teaspoon into an egg-shaped ball; repeat with remaining fondant mixture.
7
Place fondant eggs into cookie indentations.