Name: Shellbark Cakes
Yield: Yield: Approximately 5 Dozen Cookies.
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1½ cups chopped hickory nuts; 2 cups sugar; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 8 tablespoons lard or shortening; 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter; 1 teaspoon baking soda; ½ cup buttermilk; 1 teaspoon cream of tartar; 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg; 1 teaspoon salt; 4 eggs, separated

Preparation info

Yield: Approximately
5 Dozen
Cookies.

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Christmas Cook

By William Woys Weaver

Published 1990

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Ingredients

8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter
8 tablespoons lard or

Americas
United States
Cake
Christmas
Vegetarian
December
Winter

Method

Preheat the oven to 375°F.

Combine the butter and lard and beat until creamy. Add the sugar and work to a crumb. Beat the egg yolks, add the buttermilk to them, and stir this into the sugar mixture. Beat until smooth and light.

Sift the flour, salt, cream of tartar, bak