Snowball cookies

1 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
3/4 cup finely chopped nuts
1/4 teaspoon salt
Powdered sugar

Preheat oven 360 degrees. Mix butter,  1/2 cup powdered sugar and vanilla in mixer.  Stir in
flour, nuts and salt until dough holds together.
Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or up to 24 hours. When ready to bake, shape dough into 1-
inch balls.  Place about 1 inch apart on parchment-lined cookie sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes or
until set but not brown. The best way to tell if they are done is to pick one up and see if it’s
slightly brown. Remove from cookie sheet and cool slightly on wire rack. Roll warm cookies in
powdered sugar.  Then, do a second coat by sifting powdered sugar over cookies. Makes 2 1/2
dozen cookies.

PS: if you don’t want to make them yourself and you live in LA, contact Susan. She will even
package them up! Her email address is: susie3424 {at} hotmail {dot} com.