Chewy Mincemeat and Walnut Cookies

Name: Chewy Mincemeat and Walnut Cookies
Ingredients: ¼ teaspoon ground cloves; ½ cup granulated sugar; ½ cup cornstarch; ¼ teaspoon ground ginger; ½ teaspoon salt; ⅓ cup coarsely chopped walnuts; 1 cup all-purpose flour; ½ teaspoon lemon extract or 1½ teaspoons grated lemon rind, colored outer part only, no pith (optional); 9-ounce package condensed mincemeat, crumbled; 2 egg yolks; ½ teaspoon lemon extract or 1½ teaspoons grated lemon rind, colored outer part only, no pith (optional); ¾ cup (1½ sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature

Preparation info

Makes about
2
8 inch monsters cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mrs. Witty's Monster Cookies

By Helen Witty

Published 1983

About

Substantial, spicy, and full of interesting bits to engage the teeth, these are real cookie-jar cookies—they’re at their best after they have mellowed for at least a day. The same is true for the monster size.

Ingredients

¾ cup (1½ sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 egg yolks

Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Place an oven rack in the center position and preheat the oven to 325°F for the large cookies and to 350°F if you are making the smaller ones. Grease one or two baking sheets.
In a mixing bowl (using a wooden spoon) or in the large bowl of an electric