Old-Fashioned Melt-In-Your-Mouth Walnut And Citrus Cookies

• 1 cup walnut baking pieces, toasted and very finely chopped
• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter at room temperature
• 1/3 cup light brown sugar + 1/3 cup white organic cane sugar
• Zest of 1 medium lemon and 1/2 of an orange
• 2 extra large egg yolks
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla + 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 cups flour+1/4 teaspoon salt, sifted

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Line 2 large cookie sheets with parchment paper.
2. Cream butter, sugars and citrus zest in a bowl with a hand-hold mixer or a wooden spoon until light and fluffy. Mix in egg yolks one at a time. Add flour and salt mixture, and then walnuts. Mix just until dough comes together and is well combined.
3. Shape dough into a disk, wrap in plastic, and chill in refrigerator until firm, 30 to 40 minutes.
4. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface into about 1/4 inches thick round. Using any shape and size you like or have cookie cutters, cut out dough pieces and place them about 1 inch apart on the baking sheets. Reroll scraps, chilling dough if it gets too soft.
5. Bake both pans with cookies at the same time until golden, changing positions in oven halfway through, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool on a rack.
6. These cookies will keep fresh up to 3-4 days stored in airtight containers.

baking, light brown sugar , lemon, egg yolks, vanilla , salt

Taken from food52.com/recipes/28275-old-fashioned-melt-in-your-mouth-walnut-and-citrus-cookies (may not work)