Macnut Tea Cookies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar (more if you like it extra sweet)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1/4 cups flour (you may need a little more or less. needs to be moist enough to stick together.)
• 1 cup macadamia nuts, chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 2 tablespoons milk
• powdered sugar (to sprinkle on cookies when done)

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 combine butter, powdered sugar and vanilla.
• 3 in a separate bowl combine flour, nuts and salt. add to butter mixture.
• 4 add milk.
• 5 form into 1 inch balls -- don't pack too tightly unless you like them firm.
• 6 place on ungreased cookie sheet 1 inch apart.
• 7 bake for about 20 minutes (golden but not brown).
• 8 roll in powdered sugar. if done while warm they will be a little sticky as the sugar will melt a little.
• 9 if you want it really sweet -- roll in powdered sugar one more time to finish -- this makes the cookie very sweet. or increase the amount in the cookie.
• 10 chocolate lovers - melt some chocolate and drizzle it across the tops of the cookies after they have been powdered and slightly cooled; this gives it not only a new look but a new flavor. or hide a milk chocolate chip or two in the center before baking for a little surprise and top it off with one on top of each cookie (finish off with another sprinkling of confectioner's sugar).