Russian Tea Cookies

 1 cup butter soft

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1 tea vanilla extract

2 1/4 cups flour

1/4 tea salt

3/4 cup finely chopped nuts, pecans, walnuts or almonds

Powdered sugar for rolling

Preheat over to 375* line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.

Mix butter, powdered sugar and vanilla with electric mixer until fluffy. Add flour, salt and mix until the dough comes together. Stir in the finely chopped nuts. If dough is too soft, chill it until you can work it easily with your hands.

Scoop 1 tablespoon balls of dough and place on cookie sheet. 

Bake cookies for 7-8 mins until  bottoms are just brown. Remove from oven and Cool for just a minute, until you can handle them. Fill a small bowl with powdered sugar and roll each cookie in the sugar until coated. 

Place on a rack to cool. once cookies are cooled you may want to re-roll or sprinkle with the powdered sugar again. 

You can freeze these cookies.