(Surprise!) Russian Tea Cakes

Name: (Surprise!) Russian Tea Cakes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 36 cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup butter; 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar; 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup chopped nuts; 9 vanilla caramels; extra confectioners' sugar or colored sugar crystals

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Recipe by Julie Bs Hive

A sweet surprise awaits those who bite into this adaptation of Russian Teacakes. From the 1971 Betty Crocker Recipe Card Library. Posting for ZWT3

READY IN: 30mins

YIELD: 36 cookies

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

1

cup butter
¹⁄₂

cup confectioners' sugar
2 ¹⁄₄

cups all-purpose flour
1

teaspoon vanilla
¹⁄₄

teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂

cup chopped nuts
9

vanilla caramels
extra confectioners' sugar or colored sugar crystals

DIRECTIONS

Heat oven to 400°. Mix thoroughly butter, confectioners' sugar and vanilla. Work in flour, salt and nuts until dough holds together.
Cut each vanilla caramel into 4 small pieces. Divide dough in 36 portions and mold each around a small piece of caramel.
Bake 10-12 minutes until set but not brown. While warm, roll in confectioner's sugar or sugar crystals and cool.
Makes 36 cookies.

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