Sherry Butter Nut Drops Recipes

BUTTER-NUT DROPS

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar well.
• Add egg yolk, vanilla, orange and lemon zest and salt; beat well.
• Stir in lemon juice and flour.
• Cover and chill 3 or more hours.
• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Roll dough into 40 small balls of about 1/2 rounded teaspoon each.
• Dip balls into the slightly beaten egg white, then roll in the chopped nuts.
• Place 1 inch apart on a greased cookie sheet, and press 1/2 candied cherry on top of each.
• Bake 25 minutes.

CHOCO-CHERRY NUT DROPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Reserve.
• Cream the softened butter. Gradually add the brown and granulated sugars. Blend in the egg and vanilla. Beat well. Add the dry ingredients gradually, blending well.
• Stir in the chocolate morsels, pecans and cherries. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets. Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes until golden brown.

SHERRY NUT DROPS

Steps:

• 1. Set oven at 350 degrees. Grease or spray cookie sheets
• 2. Cream together butter and flour until light and fluffy. Add salt and continue beating.
• 3. Add flour alternately with sherry, beating well after each addition.
• 4. Stir in nuts. Drop by teaspoons on cookie sheets. Bake for 25 minutes being careful not to overbrown the cookies. Remove to a cooling rack. Keep in a sealed container. The flavor intensifies after the first day.

SHERRY AND BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP

Steps:

• In one pan, stir fry the celery in a small portion of olive oil. When softened, add a quarter cup of sherry and cover immediately. Let simmer for 5 minutes. Add 1/4 cup chicken broth and continue to simmer.
• In a separate large saucepan, stir fry the squash on medium heat until bright orange.
• Pour in remaining sherry and cover immediately. Let simmer for 5-10 minutes.
• Add in remaining chicken broth and add in bouillon. Add enough water so that the squash is completely covered, about 2 cups. Let cook until completely tender (you can test with a fork; if it goes completely through without resistance, it's done).
• Combine butternut mixture and celery mixture into a large blender and blend until completely smooth.
• Pour back into the large saucepan. Add butter, half and half, onion powder and garlic salt. When the butter is done melting in, you're done.
• Garnish with cheddar and sour cream, if desired.