Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 150°C / 300°F.
  2. Cream butter and icing sugar until light and fluffy.
  3. Stir in vanilla essence, flour, nutmeg, salt and walnuts, to create a soft dough.
  4. Roll the dough into 2 cm balls.
  5. Place them about 3cm apart on a lightly greased baking tray, pressing each ball with the heel of your hand, to a thickness of about 1 cm.
  6. Bake, uncovered, for 20 minutes, or until the bottoms are golden brown.
  7. Cool on a wire rack.