Russian Tea Cakes Snowy Bites of Christmas Bliss

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks or 226g) unsalted butter, softened
• ½ cup (100g) granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
• 2 ¼ cups (281g) all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
• 1 cup (100g) finely chopped walnuts or pecans
• 1 ½ cups (180g) powdered sugar, for coating (divided)