# Russian Tea Cakes (Snowball Cookies)
Author: Chris Pariso Ingredients 1 cup butter \frac 1 2 cup confectioners sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 2\frac 1 4 cups flour \frac 1 4 teaspoon salt \frac 3 4 cup chopped walnuts Confectioners ...

Author: Chris Pariso

### Ingredients

- 1 cup butter
- 21​ cup confectioners sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 241​ cups flour
- 41​ teaspoon salt
- 43​ cup chopped walnuts
- Confectioners sugar to roll cookies in

### Instructions

- Mix butter, sugar, and vanilla.
- Stir in flour and salt.
- Add nuts.
- Roll into balls.
- Bake at 400° until set but not brown.
- Roll in sugar while hot.
- Roll again when cool.

> Quote

> I make batches of these every Christmas. When Lisa and Laurie were little, they called them snowballs.