Russian Tea Cakes

1 cup soft butter

½ cup sifted confectioners’ sugar

1 tsp vanilla

2 ¼ cups flour

¼ tsp salt

¾ cups chopped nuts (pecans or walnuts)

Preheat oven to 400°.

Mix butter, sugar, and vanilla together. Mix flour and salt into butter mixture. Add nuts. Chill.

Heat oven to 400°. Roll into balls and place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes. While still warm, roll the cookies in confectioners sugar.

Cool. Roll the cookies, again, in confectioners’ sugar.

Marilyn