Ingredients

1 cup (1/2 lb.) butter, at room temperature

1 2/3 cups powdered sugar

2 tsp vanilla

2 cups all - purpose flour

1 cup minced walnuts / almonds

Preparation

  1. In a bowl, with an electric mixer on low speed, or in a food processor, beat or whirl butter, 1/3 cup powdered sugar, and the vanilla and flour until smooth and well blended. Stir in walnuts.
  2. Shape dough into ¾ inch balls and place about 1 inch apart on a buttered or cooking parchment - lined 12 by 15 inch baking sheets.
  3. Bake in a 300F oven until cookies are pale golden brown, 15 - 20; if baking more than one pan at a time, switch pan positions halfway through baking. Let cool on sheets for 5 minutes.
  4. Place remaining 1 1/3 cups powdered sugar in a shallow bowl. Gently turn the warm cookies in sugar, few at a time, then set on racks to cool. When cool, coat cookies again with powdered sugar.