Macadamia Meltaways

Total Time: 42 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 22 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (6 1/2 ounce) jar dry-roasted and salted macadamia nuts
• 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar, divided
• 1 cup butter (2 sticks, do not use margarine)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees. in food processor, pulse nuts until they are finely chopped, or chop by hand. with a mixer, combine butter and vanilla, and mix until smooth, occasionally scraping the sides with a rubber spatula. add the confectioners' sugar and mix for 2 more minutes. then add the flour and mix just until combined and the dough holds together. fold in the macadamia nuts.
• 2 shape dough by measuring teaspoons into 3/4-inch balls. place balls, 1 inch apart, on ungreased large cookie sheet. bake cookies 20 to 22 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. transfer cookies to wire rack and cool 5 minutes.
• 3 sift remaining 1 cup confectioners' sugar into a pie plate. while cookies are still warm, roll in sugar to coat; return to wire rack to cool completely. when cool, gently roll cookies in sugar and then tap very lightly to remove any excess sugar.
• 4 repeat with remaining dough and sugar. store cookies in tightly-covered container at room temperature up to 1 week, or in the freezer up to 3 months.