Russian Tea Cakes

1	cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2	cup powdered sugar
1	teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4	cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
3/4	cup finely chopped nuts
1/4	teaspoon salt
	Powdered sugar

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1. Heat oven to 400ºF.
2. Mix butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and the vanilla in large bowl. Stir in flour, nuts and salt until dough holds together.
3. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
4. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set but not brown. Remove from cookie sheet. Cool slightly on wire rack.
5. Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar; cool on wire rack. Roll in powdered sugar again.

Cake Mix Cookies

1 package of cake mix (any flavor)
1 large egg
1/4 cup of oil
1/4 cup of water
1 cup of chopped nuts, raisins, oatmeal, coconut, chocolate chips, M&M'S® etc. (anything you like in cookies)

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Combine cake mix, egg, oil, and water. Beat until well blended. Stir in remaining ingredient (s).
Drop by teaspoon about 1 inch apart onto greased cooke sheet.
Bake for 15 minutes or until done.

Makes about 4 dozen. Yummy!

from http://www.cooks.com/

The friend I got this recipe from said she used Germal chocolate cake mix with oats and mini holiday M&M's.
I used a regular chocolate cake mix, oats, and mini chocolate chips.

This recipe is very forgiving - I realized I forgot an egg in one batch with no issues. Also: I increased both the oil and water to 1/3c. as it was a bit dry and crumbly, and I couldn't get it to combine - I do wonder if this was in part to using oats...