Walnut Shortbread Cookies with Powdered Sugar Glaze

So here is yet another recipe that I modified to my liking.  I, unlike the other recipes where I posted the original, am not going to do that this time because I didn't like it very much.  I strayed so far away from the original recipe that it is nearly useless to post it.  I looked at the recipe and saw that it was simple, yet it needed something else.  Something that complimented the walnuts a little bit better than the original recipe gave.  I also added a glaze to it at the end.  
Here is what I came up with:

1 1/4 cups flour
1 cup finely chopped, toasted walnuts
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
a pinch of salt
1 stick of butter
1/3 cup powdered sugar
brown sugar*
molasses*
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
a few drops of almond extract
1 egg

*For the brown sugar and the molasses, you are going to use one 1/3 cup measuring cup, fill it halfway with packed brown sugar, and finish the 1/3 cup with molasses.  Essentially, it is 1/6 cup of each the brown sugar and molasses.

To toast the walnuts, you are first going to preheat your oven to 325 (also the baking temperature for the cookies).  You will then measure one cup of walnuts and chop them very finely.  
*The more fine they are chopped, the better the texture of your cookie.*
You will then put the walnuts on a baking sheet and toast for about 10 minutes.  
*You really have to watch these so they don't burn!  I burned my first batch :-D

You will then measure out the flour, walnuts, baking powder and salt in a bowl and set aside.
Place the butter, vanilla and almond extracts, and the sugars in a bowl and beat until slightly fluffy.  Then add the egg and beat until well mixed.  Next, add the flour mixture and stir until well mixed. 
*This dough will be VERY stiff and rather crumbly*
You are then going to wrap the dough in plastic and refrigerate it for about 20 minutes to half an hour.
After that time has passed, you are going to place the dough on a floured surface and roll out until the dough is about 1/4" in thickness.  
Either using a cookie cutter or the lid of a jar, cut the cookies out and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or wax paper.  Continue to gather the scraps of the dough and rolling it out to make as many cookies as possible!


Place the cookies in the oven and bake at 325 for about 20 minutes (mine too 17).  
*Make sure you are watching the cookies after the 15 minute mark so they do not burn on the bottom!
Cool them on a baking rack.


Mix together about 3/4 cup powdered sugar, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract and ABOUT 2 Tablespoons of milk until it is the consistency of a glaze.  Drizzle this glaze over cooled cookies and let sit until hardened.


Here is what they looked like!

Don't get discouraged if these don't work out like you want them to the first time!  I definitely liked my second batch wayyyy better than my first!


Let me know how yours turn out!


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