Swedish Heirloom Cookies

Name: Swedish Heirloom Cookies
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: makes ABOUT 5 DOZEN
Ingredients: 1 cup confectioners' sugar, plus more for dredging; 16 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened; 1 tbsp. vanilla extract; 2 cups flour; 1 ⁄ 2 tsp. kosher salt; 1 1 ⁄ 4 cups finely chopped toasted walnuts, preferably black walnuts

Serves
makes ABOUT 5 DOZEN

NOAH FECKS

This recipe, from Amanda Hesser, co-founder of Food52.com, appeared in our 2012 Cookie Advent Calendar. Amanda says: "This is a pretty common cookie recipe—my mother made them with walnuts, and when she had them, black walnuts, which were insanely good. They last for months and are hard to screw up—the two prerequisites for holiday cookies."

Ingredients

1 cup confectioners' sugar, plus more for dredging
16 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened
1 tbsp. vanilla extract
2 cups flour
¹⁄₂ tsp. kosher salt
1 ¹⁄₄ cups finely chopped toasted walnuts, preferably black walnuts

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Instructions

Step 1

Heat oven to 325°. Combine sugar, butter, and vanilla in a bowl and beat on medium speed of hand mixer until smooth and evenly combined. Add flour, nuts, and salt, and beat until just combined.

Step 2

Using a teaspoon, portion and shape dough into balls, and place 2" apart on parchment paper-lined baking sheets; bake until lightly golden, about 12 minutes.