Sandys Snowballs - sweet unsalted butter

Method

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• Cream butter until smooth and creamy, using an electric mixer.
• Using a wooden spoon, stir in cake flour,vanilla, egg,& salt until mixed well (using an electric at this point could make the dough too tough).
• Stir in the ground nuts.
• Shape into 30 small balls and bake on parchment lined baking sheets at 350 F for 10 minutes (they will appear to be sitting in puddles of melted butter as they bake - this is normal), then rotate your trays in the oven and continue baking another 5-10 minutes, or until they just start to turn golden.
• Roll in powdered sugar while hot.
• Let cool.
• When cool, roll again in more powdered sugar to coat.
• Store in wax paper lined cookie tins.