Lemon Cheese Logs

These shortbread-style cookies always mean Christmas at our house.

Ingredients

 * 1 cup sugar
 * 1 cup butter
 * 3 oz. cream cheese
 * 1 egg yolk
 * 2 1/2 cups flour
 * 1 cup finely chopped walnuts
 * 1/2 tsp. salt
 * 1/2 tsp. grated lemon peel
 * 1 bag of semi-sweet chocolate bits
 * Non-pareils

Directions

 * 1) Cream butter, cream cheese and sugar
 * 2) Beat in egg yolk
 * 3) Stir in flour, walnuts, salt and lemon peel
 * 4) Refrigerate dough at least 2 hours
 * 5) Shape dough into "logs" -- roughly 3inches by 3/4 inches
 * 6) Place on ungreased cookie sheets
 * 7) Bake at 325 F until lightly browned
 * 8) Cool
 * 9) Melt chocolate bits in a double boiler
 * 10) Dip one end of bars intoo melted chocolate, and then into the non-pareils. Place on wax paper to set chocolate

Makes about 4 dozen cookes.