These are my mother's favorite cookies. Her recipe calls them Russian Tea Cakes. Where exactly she found the recipe has long been lost to time; I pulled this recipe from the family cookbook. It makes about 4 dozen cookies.
Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees
1 cup softened butter or margarine
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
Combine the above ingredients in a large bowl. Mix on slow speed about 1 minute. I've done this mixing by hand with no bad results.
Gradually stir 2-1/4 cups of flour into the other dry ingredients until "just combined"
Add 3/4 cups chopped nuts into the mixture. The recipe calls for walnuts, but I like hazelnuts better.
Roll the dough into 1-inch balls. Place them on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake for 8-10 minutes.
Remove the cookies from the cookie sheet and roll them in powdered sugar while still warm, and then again when cool.
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