Russian tea cakes

By jbrockel

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 teasp. Vanilla
• 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 3/4 cup finely chopped nuts
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 400 degrees.
Mix butter, powdered sugar and the vanilla in large bowl. Stir in flour, nuts and salt until dough holds together.
Shape dough into one inch balls. Place balls about one inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 10-12 minutes or until set but not brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack; cool 5 minutes.
Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar; cool on wire rack 5 minutes. Roll in powdered sugar again.