Mary Hereford's Cookies

By CheeseDiva

Ingredients

• Bottom Layer:
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• Top Layer:
• 2 egg whites
• ’1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 3/4 cup chopped nuts

Preparation

Step 1

Cream butter, add sugar and egg yolk. Add flour,
> baking powder and salt. Work into butter, egg and
> sugar mix. Press into bottom of 9" pan. Beat egg
> whites until stiff, add brown sugar, fold in nuts
and

> vanilla. Spread over top of bottom mix
> Bake 30-40 min in 350 oven