Chocolate stars are the sweet surprise inside tender, bite-sized cookies coated with powdered sugar.
Chocolate-Filled Russian Tea Cakes
- Prep Time 2 hr 0 min
- Total 2 hr 30 min
- Servings 48
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
- 48 milk chocolate stars (from 14-oz bag)
Sugar Coating
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon red sugar
- 1 tablespoon green sugar

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 400°F. In large bowl, beat butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and the vanilla with electric mixture on medium speed until well mixed. On low speed, beat in flour, salt and walnuts.
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Step2For each cookie, shape scant measuring tablespoonfuls dough around chocolate star to make 1-inch ball; place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
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Step3Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until set and bottoms begin to turn golden brown. Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix sugar coating ingredients.
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Step4Immediately remove cookies from cookie sheets; roll in sugar coating. Cool completely on cooling racks, about 30 minutes. Roll in sugar coating again.
Nutrition
100
Calories
6g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
11g
Total Carbohydrate
6g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 100
- Calories from Fat
- 60
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 10%
- Saturated Fat
- 3g
- 15%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 4%
- Sodium
- 45mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 30mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 11g
- 4%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 6g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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