Black Walnut Fingers Recipes

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Stir in 1-1/4 cups walnuts. Finely chop the remaining nuts. , Shape dough into two 15-in. rolls. Roll in chopped nuts, pressing gently. Wrap each in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 2 hours or until firm. , Unwrap dough; cut into 1/4-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Bake at 300° for 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks.

Steps:

• Cream together butter, 1 cup sugar, and vanilla; beat in egg yolk.
• Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt, and add this mixture to other mixture; mix well.
• Stir in 1/3 cup of nuts.
• Pat into a greased 11"x7 1/2"x1 1/2" baking pan.
• Bake at 325F for 15 minutes.
• Cool for 5 minutes.
• Beat egg white until soft peaks form, and gradually add remaining 1/4 cup sugar, beating to stiff peaks.
• Fold in remaining nuts.
• Carefully spread over baked layer.
• Bake at 325F for 15 minutes.
• Cool, and cut into bars.

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine the corn syrup, brown sugar and 1/2 cup sugar; bring to a boil. Remove from the heat; stir in butter until melted. In a bowl, beat eggs. Gradually stir in hot mixture; mix well. Add walnuts. Combine flour and remaining sugar; sprinkle over bottom of pastry shell. Pour walnut mixture into shell. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until browned.