Wasp Nest Cookies Recipes

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Steps:

• Separate the eggs. Chop the nuts fine.
• Cream together 1 cup softened butter and sugar. Add the yolks, and beat well. Add the flour, and mix well.
• Make small balls out of dough. Roll balls in egg white, and then in the nuts. Place balls on greased cookie sheets, and press center of cookie with thumb. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 8 minutes. Press center of cookie again, bake until lightly browned 4 to 6 minutes. Cool cookies on racks.
• To make frosting, begin by blending the water, shortening, vanilla, and 1/4 cup softened butter or margarine together thoroughly. Slowly add confectioners' sugar, and mix until smooth and creamy. More water may be needed to make desired consistency.

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Steps:

• Prepare cookie sheets by greasing and flouring; set aside.
• Preheat oven to 300F/150°C.
• Combine sugar and water in a saucepan. Cook until mixture reaches thread stage (230F/110C). Remove from heat.
• Stir in almonds and chocolate chips using a wooden spoon.
• Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form.
• Gradually add icing sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until well blended.
• Add almond and chocolate mixture and stir well.
• Drop by half teaspoonfuls onto prepared baking sheets.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes or until cookies are very dry.
• Let stand 10 minutes.
• Transfer to wire racks to cook completely.

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Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Sift the flour and salt into a medium bowl. Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed in a large bowl until just combined; add the vanilla. With the mixer on low speed, add the flour mixture to the butter and sugar and mix just until the dough starts to come together.
• Put the egg wash and coconut in two separate medium bowls. Form 1¼-inch balls of dough (about 1 tablespoon each); dip each ball in egg wash, then roll in coconut. Place the balls about 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet; press a light indentation into the top of each with your finger. Bake until the coconut is golden, 18 to 20 minutes. Remove the cookies from the oven and press the back of a teaspoon in the center of each to re-form the indentations. Transfer to a rack to cool.
• Place the chocolate chips in a medium glass bowl. Bring the cream just to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat, pour over the chocolate chips and let sit for 2 minutes, then stir until the cream is fully incorporated and the mixture is smooth.
• Spoon ½ teaspoon of chocolate into the center of each cookie and let set for 5 minutes. Top each cookie with 3 chocolate eggs.

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Steps:

• On the stovetop, mix pudding with milk and bring to a boil.
• Dump in box of cake mix.
• Stir and pour into a greased 9x13-inch pan.
• Sprinkle on butterscotch morsels.
• Bake in 350° oven for 30 minutes.
• Let cool; serve.