Russian Tea Cakes

I let Evelyn choose which holiday treat to make today, and she chose Russian Tea Cakes (also known as Snowball Cookies). Evelyn did a lot of the work this afternoon - she measured ingredients, used the hand mixer to blend the ingredients and rolled the baked cookies in powdered sugar. Want to know how to make 48 delicious cookies? Read on...Russian Tea Cakes

1 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 cup finely chopped nuts

1/4 teaspoon salt

powdered sugar

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and vanilla. Stir in flour, nuts and salt until dough holds together. Shape into 1-inch balls. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10 minutes or until set but not brown.

Roll in powdered sugar while warm; cool. Roll in powdered sugar again.