St. nick's cookies
48 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Measure | Ingredient |
|---|---|---|
| 2¼ | cup | Sifted all-purpose flour |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | cup | Butter or margarine; softened |
| ½ | cup | Sifted confectioner's sugar |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla extract |
| ¾ | cup | Finely chopped nuts |
| Confectioner's sugar |
Directions
Sift together flour and salt. Work butter in a bowl until creamy; gradually add sugar and beat until fluffy. Add vanilla; beat thoroughly. Gradually add sifted dry ingredients to butter mixture and beat until smooth. Add chopped nuts. Cover and chill about 30 minutes. Heat oven to 400 degrees.Divide dough into 1-inch balls and place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes, or until lightly browned. Remove cookies from sheets, roll in confectioner's sugar while still warm and cool on wire cake racks. Roll the cookies again in the sugar when cooled. Makes 4 dozen cookies.
FROM BONNIE BUTTERLY,
REDBOOK, DEC 1972, "THE GREAT
CHRISTMAS COOKIE-SWAP COOKBOOK" From a collection of my mother's (Judy Hosey) recipe box which contained lots of her favorite recipes, clippings, etc. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .