Ingredients

The following ingredients have 24 Servings
  • 1 cup butter-softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 6 tablespoons confectioners (powdered) sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 2 cups all purpous flour
  • 1 cup finely chopped walnuts
  • 1/3 cup powdered sugar
  • zest of 1 orange

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • cream butter and vanilla until smooth
  • mix together flour, 6 T sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg
  • Stir into butter mixture until just blended (will seem flakey and powdery). Mix in walnuts.
  • Form dough into 1 inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
  • Bake for 12 minutes. Transfer to wire cooling rack.
  • mix together remaining powdered sugar and orange zest. When balls are cool enough to touch (but still warm), roll in powdered sugar.
  • Once balls have completely cooled, roll once more in powdered sugar.