Nut Cookie Tartlets

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese
• 1 cup butter
• 6 tablespoons white sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

To make Pastry: Cream together butter and cream cheese. Add the 6 tablespoons white sugar, 2 cups flour and blend well.

Shape into balls about 1 inch in diameter (flour palms of hands to facilitate rolling). Place ball in greased tartlet pan and flatten. Should fill pan by 3/4.

To Make Filling: Mix together vanilla, egg, brown sugar, and chopped nuts.

After flattening ball in tartlet tin make a thumb print in center and fill with a full 1/2 teaspoon of nut filling.

Bake in a 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 17 to 20 minutes. Cool completely before removing from pan.