Nan-e Gerdui - Traditional Persian Walnut Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 5 egg yolks
• 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups chopped walnuts
• 2 tablespoons ground pistachios (for decoration)

Recipe

• 1 in a mixing bowl, beat egg yolks until creamy. add the confectioners’ sugar, vanilla, and walnuts. beat thoroughly for a few minutes with a wooden spoon.
• 2 preheat oven to 300°f grease a cookie sheet. drop batter by the teaspoonful on the sheet, leaving about 2 1/2 inches between cookies. decorate each one with ground pistachios.
• 3 bake 15 to 20 minutes in the center of the oven. remove the cookies from the oven and cool. lift the cookies off the sheet.
• 4 arrange the cookies on a serving dish. nush-e jan!