Ingredients
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softene, d
2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 cup sifted confectioner's sugar
3/4 cup (3 ounces) chopped walnuts
1 tsp vanilla extract
Directions
1. Position rack in center of the oven and preheat to
375 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl combine the butter with 1/2 cup of the
confectioner's sugar; beat with an electric mixer until fluffy, about
1 minute. With a spoon, stir in the vanilla, flour, salt and walnuts
to form a stiff dough.
3. Using about 2 teaspoons of dough for each cookie, shape half the
dough by rolling between hands. Place about 1 1/2 inches apart on an
ungreased baking sheet and bake about 12 minutes, until just pale
golden on the bottom.
4. Meanwhile, sift 1/2 cup of the remaining confectioner's sugar into
a 13 by-9-inch pan. As soon as cookies are removed from the oven, use
a spatula to transfer them to the sugar, tossing them around to coat;
let the cookies cool completely in the sugar and then sift 1/4 cup
more sugar over them to coat.
5. Repeat with the remaining cookie dough, using a cool baking sheet
to bake them and the remaining 3/4 cup confectioner's sugar, divided
as before, to coat.
Makes 4 to 5 dozen
Servings: 4 servings
Russian Tea Balls Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Beverages; Drink; Russian
The History of Recipes
Historians have found proof that recipes existed way back into ancient history, in truth as far as the Egyptians, and possibly even further than that. In practice though, generally, these ancient cookbooks were just simple hieroglyphic recipes for preparing meals.
Later on, in Roman times 25BC a man called Apicius compiled some scripts which described recipes prepared by wealthy Romans. He recounts how the roman meals were separated into hors d`oeuvres, main course and afters, known in latin as `Gustatio, Primae Mensae and Secundae Mensae`. Aspicius tells us how the Roman cooks made use of a wide range of spices and herbs, including a few that will be familiar to modern cooks such as bay, fennel and parsley. In the fifteenth century, knights returning from the crusades brought us many new foods, spices and herbs from Arab countries, such as basil and coriander. These new culinary innovations caused an increase in manuscripts on cooking, the majority of which are kept safe in private libraries. Like it or not, the introduction of television brought us celebrity chefs and the spin-off recipe books. And that pretty much brings us to the present day and the invention of computers and the internet, permitting everyone to search through massive numbers of recipes just like those on this recipe site. |
We hope you enjoy this Russian Tea Balls recipe.
