Tropical Hawaiian Snowballs (hawaiian-style Russian Tea Cookies)

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups butter, unsalted
• 2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon coconut extract
• 5 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups macadamia nuts, finely chopped
• 3 cups powdered sugar, sifted, for rolling

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f and line 5 cookie sheets with parchment paper, or spray with cooking spray.
• 2 in a large bowl, cream together butter, sugar and vanilla and coconut extracts.
• 3 sift together the flour and the salt.
• 4 slowly add to the butter mixture.
• 5 add nuts. mix until blended well.
• 6 roll into small, bite sized balls. (about 3/4 of an ounce or 2 tablespoons). i like to use a small #40 portion disher (small, 3/4 ounce sized, ice cream scoop) and place 1-inch apart on prepared cookie sheet.
• 7 bake for 10-13 minutes, or until slightly golden.
• 8 while still warm, (not hot, not cold) roll through powdered sugar.
• 9 keeps about a week (but they won't be around that long) in an air-tight container.