Sac Foodies

Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened
½ cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract
2 cups flour
¾ finely chopped walnuts or other nuts
¼ teaspoon salt
Powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix butter, powdered sugar and extract in large bowl. Stir in flour, nuts and salt until dough holds together. Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place about 1 inch apart on cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set but not brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack and cool 5 minutes. Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar, cool for 5 minutes, and roll in powdered sugar again.

Recipe adapted from Russian Tea Cakes recipe, Betty Crocker’s Cookbook, copyright 2000, General Mills, Inc.

By Jenna Kirkwood