When the snow doesn't come, make snowballs instead 12.30.11

Snowball reprise.  It's always good to have some snacks on New Year's Eve.   Here's the original recipe.


1 c butter
1/2 c powdered sugar (2 oz)
1 t vanilla
2 1/4 cup flour (11 oz)
3/4 c finely chopped walnuts
1/4 t salt


I omitted the walnuts and used 3/4 t vanilla with 1/4 t lemon.  It ads a little bit of freshness and lemon aroma on your tongue when you first bite into them.  I used 11 oz of flour, but it wasn't enough.  The dough was still very sticky, so I added another 2 oz or so.  Since walnuts absorb water, maybe it was the omission of the walnuts that made the dough sticky.  Although I thought the effect of nuts in dough was only relevent after you baked it.  In other words, the nuts absorb water during baking, not before.


Here are the cookies just out of the oven

Here are the cookies after rolling them in sugar.