Walnut cookies

These walnut cookies are made with a butter cookie base which gives them a shortbread-like texture and mouth feel.

Lunar new year is just around the corner and one of the traditional treats that are eaten around this time of year are walnut cookies because the word walnut in Chinese (hup tou) can represent family togetherness and happiness

So when you give someone walnut cookies are goods with walnuts in it, you are symbolically wishing their family a happy new year.

Besides being used to wish others a wonderful new year, walnuts can help is a great source of healthy fats and wonderful for maintaining brain health!

I always remember that walnuts are good for your brain because I think they look like little brains. Does anyone else feel this way or is it just me?

And if walnuts are good for your brain and the walnuts are in the cookies…does this mean I can have more of them? I mean it would just be the same as taking vitamin supplements right? 😉

Walnut cookies recipe

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