Anonymous Fri Oct 07 12:07:35 2005

1 cup finely chopped walnuts

1/3 lb. soft butter, half sweet and half salt

1/4 cup sugar

1 cup flour

2 tsp. vanilla

powdered sugar

Lightly toast the walnuts in a low oven and then let cool. Finely grind the walnuts in a food processor.

Cream the soft butter and sugar together. Add the walnuts, flour and vanilla and mix well.

With a plain piping tip, pipe the cookie dough in drops onto a buttered and floured pan or onto parchment paper.

Bake in preheated 300 degree oven for 20--30 minutes, or until pale brown in color. When cool, sprinkle powdered sugar over the cookies.

Store in an airtight container. The cookie dough feezes well.