Dec 21 2009
Russian Tea Cakes
ingredients:
- 1 cup butter
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 tsp water
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup walnuts, chopped fine
Cream butter & sugar, then mix in water and vanilla. Add the flour and chopped nuts.
Chill 4 hours in fridge.
Pre-heat oven to 350F. Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 20 minutes. Watch them the last couple of minutes to make sure they don’t burn.
Take them out of the oven and drop them into a bowl of powdered sugar while they are still warm. Set out to cool.
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We had a baking frenzy on Saturday to get the treat boxes ready to take with us to church on Sunday, and these were the favorite of those that we baked. They take a little longer to bake than most of the others, but the extra time is worth it! These are the cookies that Grandmas, Nanas and Babushkas all over used to bake, and they are soooooooo good.
I ended up rolling them slightly smaller so the dough would go further, and I actually like them that way – just enough for a taste, but not so much that you feel like you might overdo it if you eat two…
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Love the website! Did a great job on it. Your practically a professional at this point. The foods look and sound scrumptious!! I think I will be trying some soon! The Russian Tea Cakes look like what Grandma Ryland called “Snowballs”.