Frosted Cashew Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup sour cream
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 teaspoon each baking powder, baking soda, and salt
• 1 3/4 cups salted cashew halves
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 tablespoons half-and-half cream
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 in a mixing bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar.
• 2 beat in the egg, sour cream and vanilla.
• 3 mix well.
• 4 combine dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture and mix well.
• 5 fold in cashews.
• 6 drop by rounded teaspoonfulls onto greased baking sheets.
• 7 bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 8 cool on a wire rack.
• 9 frosting:.
• 10 lightly brown butter in a small saucepan over low heat.
• 11 remove from the heat.
• 12 add cream and vanilla.
• 13 beat in confectioners' sugar until smooth and thick.
• 14 frost cookies.
• 15 top each with a cashew half if desired.