Russian Teacakes
in Christmas cookies, Cookies, Holidays, Nuts on Monday, December 19, 2011
Whether you call them Mexican Wedding Cakes or Russian Teacakes, they’re all the same delicate nut-based cookie!
I love the delicate buttery flavor of these cookies. I don’t recall Mom ever making them but, my mother-in-law baked them every Christmas without fail and so do I. I’ve made them with walnuts in place of pecans for a little different flavor.
This recipe comes from my well-used 1979 edition of Betty Crocker’s Cookbook. I have made so many notes in this poor cookbook over the years that it is a little pathetic looking now. I have a huge cookbook collection and when Bill asked what I would like for Christmas, naturally I said, “A cookbook!” He just shakes his head and doesn’t get it! I might add that not a one of my other cookbooks is in the horrible condition that this cookbook is in, thank goodness!
Do you make notes in your cookbooks or are they nice and neat?
Russian Tea Cakes:
Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened
½ cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
1 cup butter, softened
½ cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup finely chopped nuts
Powdered sugar
Method:
3/4 cup finely chopped nuts
Powdered sugar
Method:
Heat oven to 400ºF.
Mix butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and the vanilla in large bowl. Stir in flour, salt and nuts until dough holds together.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set but not brown. Remove from cookie sheet. Cool slightly on wire rack.
Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar; cool on wire rack. Roll in powdered sugar again.
Makes 4 dozen cookies
Mix butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and the vanilla in large bowl. Stir in flour, salt and nuts until dough holds together.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set but not brown. Remove from cookie sheet. Cool slightly on wire rack.
Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar; cool on wire rack. Roll in powdered sugar again.
Makes 4 dozen cookies
ENJOY!
Be sure to enter my CSN Giveaway for a $35 gift certificate that I posted on December 17th!
Also, check out my friend, Linda’s blog, at My Kind of Cooking for her great recipes and cookbook giveaway!
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