Cookie Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream (not light)
• 2 3/4 to 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Frosting Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons browned butter
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• water to mix

Directions for Cookies:

1. Cream butter and sugar.
2. Add eggs, sour cream vanilla, baking powder, baking soda, salt.
3. Gradually add the flour beating well.
4. Drop by teaspoons onto a greased cookie sheet.
5. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.
6. Frost when cool.

Directions for Frosting:

1. Place butter in a small frying pan.
2. Cook butter until it is brown.  Watch carefully as it burns quickly.
3. Pour butter into a bowl and beat in powdered sugar and vanilla.
4. Mix until smooth.
5. Spread on cooled cookies adding a small amount of water if it becomes unspreadable.