Rudolf Balls

The formal name to this is Russian Tea Cakes but growing up my mother always called them Rudolf Balls.  The recipe I got from allrecipes.com

Original recipe makes 2 dozen       

Makes servings USMetricAdjust Recipe (Help)

• 1 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 6 tablespoons confectioners' sugar

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar for decoration

                

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• PREP
  20 mins
• COOK
  12 mins
• READY IN
  35 mins

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In a medium bowl, cream butter and vanilla until smooth. Combine the 6 tablespoons confectioners' sugar and flour; stir into the butter mixture until just blended. Mix in the chopped walnuts. Roll dough into 1 inch balls, and place them 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
3. Bake for 12 minutes in the preheated oven. When cool, roll in remaining confectioners' sugar. I also like to roll mine in the sugar a second time.