Name: Chef John's Russian Tea Cakes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 14
Ingredients: Unsalted butter, room temperature - 1 cup; Finely chopped toasted walnuts - 1 cup; Confectioners' sugar, packed - ⅓ cup; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; Salt - ⅛ teaspoon; All-purpose flour - 2 cups; All-purpose flour - 2 tablespoons; Confectioners' sugar for dusting, or more as needed - 1 cup

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15 min.

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Ingredients for - Chef John's Russian Tea Cakes

1. Unsalted butter, room temperature - 1 cup

2. Finely chopped toasted walnuts - 1 cup

3. Confectioners' sugar, packed - ⅓ cup

4. Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon

5. Salt - ⅛ teaspoon

6. All-purpose flour - 2 cups

7. All-purpose flour - 2 tablespoons

8. Confectioners' sugar for dusting, or more as needed - 1 cup

How to cook deliciously - Chef John's Russian Tea Cakes

1. Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Arrange a rack in the center position of the oven. Line a rimmed baking sheet with a silicone mat.

2. Stage

Place butter, walnuts, 1/3 cup packed powdered sugar, vanilla, and salt in a large bowl. Top with 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons flour. Mix with clean hands until dough starts to clump up. Keep mixing by hand until all flour and clumps of butter are evenly mixed into dough.

3. Stage

Scoop out dough and roll by hand into uniformly round balls, just slightly larger than 1 inch. Place about 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheet.

4. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until lightly golden, 15 to 25 minutes depending on the size of cookies.

5. Stage

Let cool for exactly 5 minutes, then roll warm cookies in 1 cup confectioners' sugar in a medium bowl. Let cookies cool completely, then toss them again in confectioners' sugar.