“Thank you” in Russian is “spasiba”…….click below to hear how NOT to say it and HOW to say it!
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Although I discovered these cookies in my vintage Betty Crocker Cookie Cookbook, according to wikipedia these cookies did actually originate in Russia…
Ingredients: 
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
Directions:
1. Heat oven to 400ºF.
2. Mix butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar [...]