Russian Tea Cakes
Ingredients
1 cup
Kowalski's Salted Butter
1 ½ cups
confectioners' sugar, divided
2 tsp.
Kowalski's Organic Madagascar Vanilla Bean Paste
2 ¼ cups
flour
¾ cup
finely chopped toasted pecans
Directions
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat butter and ½ cup sugar until smooth.
- Add vanilla; mix until combined.
- Add flour and nuts; beat until dough comes together.
- Scoop approx. 42 balls onto a parchment-lined baking sheet(s); chill in refrigerator for 1 hr.
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Transfer baking sheet(s) to oven; bake until bottoms of cookies are just golden (8-10 min.).
- Remove cookies from oven; let stand at room temperature until cool to the touch.
- Roll cookies in remaining sugar; set aside to cool completely.
- Re-roll cookies in sugar; store at room temperature, covered, for up to 1 week.