Recipes similar to this one are found in cultures all over the world.
Ingredients
| 1 c. soft butter | 2 ½ cup flour |
| ½ c. confectioner’s sugar, plus 1 c. for rolling cookies in | ¼ tsp. salt |
| 1 tsp. vanilla | ¾ c. chopped walnuts |
Preparation
1. Beat butter and vanilla until smooth. Combine dry ingredients, stir into butter mixture just until blended.
2. Mix in walnuts. Chill batter about half an hour.
3. Preheat oven to 400ËšF. Roll batter into 1-inch balls and place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 10-11 minutes.
4. While still hot, roll in confectioners’ sugar. Cool. Just before serving, roll cakes in sugar again.
Makes 4 dozen.
Nutritional Information (per cake): Calories: 80; Fat: 5g; Cholesterol: 10mg; Sodium: 45mg; Total Carbohydrates: 8g; Dietary Fiber: 0g; Sugars: 4g; Protein: 1g.
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