(Surprise!) Russian Tea Cakes - cooking recipe

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

Preparation

Heat oven to 400\u00b0. 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.