Lemon Logs

Description

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

• Makes about 4 dozen cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 3 oz cream cheese
• 1 egg yolk
• 2½ cups flour
• 1 cup finely chopped walnuts or pecans
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 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, nuts, salt and lemon peel
4. Refrigerate dough at least 2 hours
5. Shape dough into "logs" -- roughly 3 inches by ¾ 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 each bar into melted chocolate, and then into the non-pareils. Place on wax paper to set chocolate