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      Title: Susan Chong's Sesame Walnut Balls
 Categories: Holiday, Cookies, Nuts, Chinese
      Yield: 2 To 3 dozen

      1 c  Butter; softened
    1/2 c  Powdered sugar
      2 c  Flour
      1 tb Water
  1 1/2 ts Vanilla
      1 c  Walnuts; chopped
           Sesame seeds; for coating
           -cookies

  Mix butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer. Add flour and
  continue mixing. Add water, vanilla and chopped walnuts. Mix until
  well combined.

  Refrigerate dough for 45 minutes. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
  Roll dough into balls, about 1 tb each. Roll in sesame seeds and
  place on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for about 30 minutes, or
  until firm.

  Notes: Judges loved her subtle, barely sweet cookies with their
  crackly sesame-seed coating.

  Susan Chong said she came up with her winning recipe last Chinese
  New Year to suit the tastes of her husband, Edward, who is
  Chinese. The original recipe called for rolling the cookies in
  powdered sugar. "My husband doesn't like really sweet desserts, so
  I decided to put sesame seeds on them," she explained. Also,
  adding the sesame seeds made the cookies seem "a little more
  Asian" for Chinese New Year, she said. The revised cookies were a
  hit with everyone who tried them.

  Around Christmas, she puts a little red or green food coloring
  into the dough to make the cookies more festive.
  
  Recipe by Susan Chong

  Source: San Diego Union-Tribune 1998 Holiday Cookie Contest

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