Grandma’s Nugget Cookies

This delicious cookie recipe has been a family favorite for more than 60 years.
It's a holiday treat that we look forward to each year.

Servings: 24 Cookies

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Prep Time
10 minutes

Cook Time
25 minutes

Dessert

American

quick easy sweet treat homemade crisp almond flavor grandma’s recipe holiday favorite old fashioned

🧂 Ingredients

1 cup butter

softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar

plus extra powdered sugar for dusting cookies after baked
2 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 tbls vanilla
1 tsp almond extract
1/2 cup nuts (pecans or walnuts)

chopped

1 Preheat oven to 325º.
2 Cream softened butter and powdered sugar until fluffy.
3 In a separate bowl mix together flour and salt.
4 Gradually add flour mixture into the butter mixture and mix until well combined.
The mixture will be dry and crumbly.
5 Add vanilla and almond extract to the cookie dough and mix until well combined.
6 Finally, fold in nuts.
7 Roll cookie dough mixture into small balls about the size of a walnut and
flatten. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
8 Bake cookies at 325º for 25 minutes or until very lightly browned.
9 Let cookies cool completely, then dredge in powdered sugar.