AKA Russian Teacakes; AKA Mexican Wedding Cakes

Ingredients:

• 1 C Butter
• 1/2 C Sugar
• 1 Egg Yolk
• 1 t Vanilla
• 1/4 t Salt
• 2 1/4 C Flour
• 3/4 C Osterized Walnuts
• Powdered Sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients together except powdered sugar. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place evenly distributed on a cookie sheet. Bake 14-17 minutes or until the bottom of the snowballs begins to be slightly golden. Sprinkle powdered sugar onto a piece of wax paper. Roll snowballs in powdered sugar while still warm.

For an alternative version, try Chocolate Snowballs using the same directions and the following ingridients:

• 1 1/4 C Butter
• 2/3 C Sugar
• 1 t Vanilla
• 1/8 t Salt
• 1/2 C Cocoa
• 2 C Flour
• 2 C Osterized Walnuts
• 1/2 C Chocolate Chips
• Powdered Sugar