Ingredients

1cupall-purpose flour,or cake flour

1½cupswalnuts,finely chopped

3tbspsugar

1tspvanilla extract

8tbspunsalted butter,(4 oz), room temperature

pinchsalt

1cuppowdered sugar,to coat

Preparation

Mix the flour, walnuts, salt, sugar in a large bowl. Add the vanilla extract.

Add the butter in little pieces, and combine everything together with clean hands until the mixture looks like a coarse meal with nut bits in it.

Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes in the fridge or up to overnight.

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment or silicon baking mats.

Form the dough into small balls no larger than a walnut, and place on the cookie sheet, spaced at least 1-inch apart from each other.

Bake for 35 minutes.

When the cookies are are still warm, but cool enough to touch, roll the cookies in some powdered sugar. Set aside on a rack to cool completely.

When cool, dust again in powdered sugar. Enjoy!