Snowballs

aka Russian Tea Cakes
aka Mexican Wedding Cookies

Ingredients
1 cup butter (warm and gooey but not melted)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (can use almond extract too or a mix)
6 tablespoons confectioners' sugar

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup chopped walnuts (small chopped)
1/3 cup confectioners' sugar for decoration

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

1. 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.

2. Mix in the chopped walnuts. If too dry add milk or water.

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

4. Bake for 12 minutes in the preheated oven.

4. When still warm roll in confectioner's sugar. When cool, roll in remaining confectioners' sugar again.

Adapted from: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/10192/russian-tea-cakes-i/?internalSource=hub%20recipe&referringContentType=search%20results&clickId=cardslot%201
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