Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened
1⁄2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1⁄4 cups sifted flour
1⁄4 teaspoon salt
3⁄4 cup chopped walnuts
Powdered sugar (for rolling baked cookies in)
Directions:
–Cream together butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy; stir in vanilla.
–Whisk together flour and salt; add gradually to butter mixture; stir in chopped nuts.
–Chill dough if it seems too soft.
–Form dough into 1 1/4″ balls and place onto parchment-lined or ungreased baking sheets.
-Bake at 400° for 10 – 12 minutes or just until the cookies start to turn light golden-brown; remove from oven and allow to cool slightly; while cookies are still warm (but NOT hot) remove them from baking sheets and roll, a few at a time, in powdered sugar until evenly coated; cool cookies completely on wire racks.
–Cookies may (optionally) be rolled in powdered sugar a second time once cooled to room temperature.
–NOTE: Forming dough into 1″ balls will increase yield to 48 cookies.