russian tea cakes

Name: Russian Tea Cakes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) butter; 1/2 cup(s) confectioners' sugar; 1 teaspoon(s) almond extract; 2 cup(s) flour; 1 1/2 cup(s) pecans, finely chopped

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Katrina Freed

Newark, DE

Updated on Dec 23, 2011

I adore butter cookies! I have tried several good recipes over the years and seem to keep losing them! I knew I wanted to use confectioners sugar, butter, and pecans but could not find a recipe... so here is the one I just made up!

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prep time 15 Min

cook time 15 Min

method Bake

yield

Ingredients

1 cup butter
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups pecans, finely chopped

How To Make russian tea cakes

Step 1

Cream butter and confectioners' sugar together

Step 2

Mix in almond extract
Step 3

Add remaining ingredients and mix well
Step 4

Chill dough until firm enough to handle
Step 5

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Step 6

Using your fingers, shape dough into 1 inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet
Step 7

Bake for 15 - 18 minutes or until light brown on the bottom
Step 8

While cookies are still warm, roll in powdered sugar
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