Ingredients

• 4  oz walnuts
• 5 oz all-purpose flour
• 2 table spoons fine castor sugar
• 4 oz / 1 stick butter at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• Powdered sugar / icing sugar

Method

• Pre-heat oven to 300 F.
• Butter a cookie sheet generously

• In a mixing bowl beat butter and sugar until soft and fluffy
• Add vanilla and beat well
• Sift  the flour
• Grind the walnuts in a food processor until it becomes a coarse powder.  Stir the nuts several times when grinding to prevent becoming oily
• Stir ground nuts and flour into the butter mixture
• Make small marble sized balls with the mixture using palm of your hands
• Place these in a prepared cookie sheet and bake for about 45 minutes
• Let cool the cookies for about 10 – 15 minutes
• While they are still warm, roll in powdered sugar
• Let cool completely and roll again in powdered sugar
• Makes about 30 cookies