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Russian Tea Cakes

November 25th, 2008

The holidays have officially started - someone brought Russian Tea Cakes into work!

I’ve never made them before, but this looks like a GREAT recipe with which to start:

Ingredients:

1 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup chopped walnuts (almonds, pistacchios, or nut of choice)
1/3 cup confectioners’ sugar for decoration

To Prepare:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)

In a medium bowl, cream butter and vanilla until smooth. Combine the 6 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar and flour; stir into the butter mixture until just blended. Mix in the chopped walnuts.

Roll dough into 1 inch balls, and place them 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake for 12 minutes in the preheated oven. When the cookies have cooled but are still warm, roll in remaining confectioners’ sugar. Can roll a second time for a thicker coating.

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