Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   1      cup           Finely chopped walnuts
     1/3  pound         Soft butter -- half sweet
                        half salt
     1/4  cup           Sugar
   1      cup           Flour
   2      teaspoons     Vanilla
                        Powdered sugar

Preparation:

Serve with pineapple-mint sorbet. 1. Lightly toast the walnuts in a low oven and then let cool. Finely grind the walnuts in a food processor.2. Cream the soft butter and sugar together. Add the walnuts, flour, and vanilla and mix well. 3. With a plain piping tip, pipe the cookie dough in drops onto a buttered and floured pan or onto parchment paper. 4. Bake in preheated 300 degree oven for 20-30 minutes, or until pale brown in color. When cool, sprinkle powdered sugar over the cookies. 5. Store in an airtight container. The cookie dough feezes well.