A ball-shaped cookie with chopped walnuts, rolled in powdered sugar.
Ingredients
1 cup softened butter or margarine
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
2-1/4 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
additional powdered sugar
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350F. In a large bowl combine first 6 ingredients on low speed of mixer about 1 minute. Blend well. Gradually add flour at low speed until just combined; stir in nuts. Roll dough into 1 inch balls; place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes until firm to the touch but not brown. Do not overbake. While warm, roll in additional powdered sugar. Cool; re-roll in powdered sugar before serving.
Notes
- According to Wikipedia, these cookies have no actual connection to Russian cuisine.
- Photo by Stacy Spensley under Creative Commons license.