Walnut Butter Cookies
A timeless vintage cookie recipe.
Ingredients
- ½ lb butter
- 6 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 2 ¼ cups flour, sifted
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- Powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400° F.
- Grease a cookie sheet or line cookie sheet with a silpat liner or parchment paper.
- In a mixing bowl, cream together butter, vanilla and 6 tablespoons sugar.
- In another bowl, sift together flour and salt.
- Gradually add sifted flour to the creamed butter and sugar mixture.
- Using a food processor, chop walnuts.
- Add chopped walnuts to the dough and mix thoroughly.
- Using your hands, roll dough into small balls, about 1 inch in size.
- Place on prepared cookie sheet.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes. Remove from oven and let rest on cookie sheet for a few minutes to cool down.
- Roll baked cookies in powdered sugar to coat them completely.
- Store cookies in an airtight container.