Ingredients:
-2 cups flour
-pinch of salt
-3/4 cup softened butter (a stick and a half, unsalted)
-1/2 cup sugar
-1 large egg
-1 tsp vanilla
-1 cup of chopped walnuts
powdered sugar (about 3/4 of a cup)
Preheat oven to 350F, line one large cookie sheet with silicon sheet or parchment paper.
In a stand mixer or in a bowl and using a hand mixer, cream together the sugar and the butter. Add in egg and vanilla until well incorporated. Slowly add in flour and salt until combined. With a wooden spoon stir the walnuts in. Using your hands, roll the dough into smallish balls--a few bits. Recipe should make about 24 balls.
Bake for 12-15 minutes.
Dump powdered sugar into a pie plate. When cookies are done, allow them to cool a bit on a rack. You want them warm, but not too hot to handle.
Roll the warm balls around in the powdered sugar and put them on a nicer plate than I did. (Really? Why did I choose a white plate? I have a lovely green plate. Ugh).
Happy holidays!
