Delicious and easy. GREAT for Christmas! I made a few variations; with mini choc chips, with a clove in it, and with almond extract and used green food coloring for Christmas! All variations were a big hit.

LOVED IT! EASY TO MAKE IT AND SOOOO GOOD!!!

Great recipe! I grew up eating these:)

I made a batch of these for a baby shower tea party. They were a HUGE hit. Followed the recipe exactly. I've made several other recipes of Russian Tea Cakes, but this one was by far the best. Followed the instructions from a previous review about chopping the nuts very fine and had no problems with crumbling dough at all.

These were great! Some of the best tea cookies ever, and I have made a lot of tea cookies in my day. We did increase the sugar a little (my old recipe had a lot more, so we compromised). It was a few months ago now, but I think we increased it to 1/3 cup. Make these. They are so yummy.

These are always a crowd pleaser. They go perfectly well with a nice cup of tea. I had to be careful with the cooking time. Its usually done in ten minutes, otherwise the bottom of the cakes get too brown in comparison to the rest of it. I let it sit for an hour to cool and then roll it in sugar.

I THINK I'M IN HEAVEN!!! These are soooo good and soooo simple to make.

Yummy! I scaled the recipe to make 1/2 batch, since I didn't know how they'd turn out. This cookie is super simple to make! I didn't even start making them until after the kids were eating dinner and they were ready by dessert time. I took a stick of butter out in the morning to soften it. I added the powdered sugar in with the butter and vanilla, then completely stirred in the flour before adding the walnuts. I did chop the walnuts a bit before adding them. Based on some other reviews, I doubled the vanilla and added an extra tablespoon (for 1/2 batch) of powdered sugar to the mix. I used a small cookie scooper so I didn't have to roll them in my hands. If you're not going to eat them right away I wouldn't coat in powdered sugar until completely cool. I coated some warm and the sugar got kind of goopy the next day, but they were still yummy!

Made these for a bridal shower. They were pretty, easy to make, and *very* tasty! Everyone loved them. Note that they do shed loose poweder sugar like crazy (which may not be what you want at a formal occasion) and I found that the recipe doesn't make quite as many as it says (I was only able to get 2.5 dozen out of one recipe rather than the 36 I should have gotten even though I was very careful about the size of the cookies).

I have never had these before as I am allergic to nuts. I made these without nuts and thought they tasted pretty good. Everyone else who tried them said they tasted "just right".

I had never had a Russian Tea Cake so I didn't know what I was in for. Yummers! I rolled mine in cane sugar then baked them. I was taking them to a get together and I think the powdered sugar would have been too messy. I did add some milk to pull it together as others suggested. These are fabulous tasting. The cane sugar gave them a crunch which just made it all the better!

I made two batches of Russian tea cakes with this recipe, and they turned out to be great! These cookies are similar to Indian ghee cookies that I had back in Malaysia. Yes, I had a sticky-dough situation. I then added a little extra flour in my first batch, which helped tremendously. And for my next batch, I didn't because I wanted to see if there was any difference between them. The first batch turned out to have a firmer texture whereas the second ones had a more fragile, melt-in-your-mouth texture. So, I'd recommend following the recipe verbatim if possible. I also omitted nuts for one batch as I ran out of them. Next time, I'll experiment it with other flavoring e.g. coconut. This recipe is a keeper!

these were nice! my mother especially loved them most out of everything i have ever baked from all recipes.

I've been making these cookies for some time now. For an added treat, roll the dough around a chocolate star.

pretty good. everyone that i made it for really enjoyed it.