Russian Tea Cakes

Total Time: 12 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tablespoon cream
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/3 cup chopped almonds
• 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar, for decoration

Recipe

• 1 cream the butter and sugar together. add the yolk, cream and vanilla. beat well. add the nuts, flour and baking powder.
• 2 chill the dough for about 1 hour.
• 3 preheat oven to 350 degrees f (180 degrees c).
• 4 mold dough into little round balls. place on ungreased cookie sheets and bake for 12 minutes.
• 5 as you take the balls off of the cookies sheet, drop them into a bowl of confectioner's sugar. roll them around until they are completely covered.
• 6 remove and cool on a rack.