Mireille Johnston

Petits Biscuits aux Noix

Crumbly Walnut Cookies

Preparation info
  • Makes

    24 to 50

    cookies
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
top 1000The Cuisine of the Sun: Classical French Cooking from Nice and Provence
The Cuisine of the Sun

By Mireille Johnston

Published 1990

  • About

Like most of the pastry in Nice, these sinfully rich cookies are made with walnuts. But pecans may be used instead if necessary. Make them small—the size of a walnut.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup finely chopped walnuts
  • ¼ pound butter
  • ¼ cup sugar

Method

Preheat the oven to 300°. If you use a blender to chop the walnuts, chop only a little at a time to prevent turning the nuts into butter. Cream the butter and stir in the sugar. Add the vanilla, nuts, and flour. (All this can be done in the Cuisinart food processor in a few seconds.)</