These cookies—a richer version of Mexican Wedding Cookies, Russian Tea Cakes, and Snowballs thanks to the brown butter—are made for people who don’t think they can bake cookies. You can whip up a batch with only six ingredients (!!!), and the recipe doubles beautifully, meaning you can easily make one batch to hoard and one batch to share. Plus, it’s infinitely riffable. Add a pinch of warming spices like ground cinnamon or black pepper, replace the walnuts with pecans or peanuts, swap the vanilla extract for almond or orange—the world is your oyster. While this version on the
Dining and Cooking