Cream Cheese Shortbread with Toasted Walnuts

Name: Cream Cheese Shortbread with Toasted Walnuts
Ingredients: 1 cup walnuts; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon table salt; 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature; 3/4 cup sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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"Jane it is, plain it's not. Well, plainly delicious, yes, definitely. The crumb of this cookie is so fine and light that it literally melts in your mouth. For this reason, I have the ability to eat many of them. The other reason I am a big fan of Janes is that I'm a sucker for a flavorful but very simple cookie. It's undoubtedly something I get from my mom, who prefers sweets that are sans chocolate, buttercream, or any of the other things that attract many other people to a dessert. This cookie would be the one she would pick off of a gigantic platter of holiday treats. I probably would too...."

INGREDIENTS

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1 cup walnuts

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2 cups all-purpose flour

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1 teaspoon table salt

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12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature

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4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature

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3/4 cup sugar

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1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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