My Russian Teacakes are too crumbly

handyman_hank

I am making Russian Teacakes. They have been refrigerated per the recipe for approximately 4 hours. I cannot roll the Teacakes into balls as the dough is too crumbly. Help!

Originally asked by Suzanne on Stack Exchange (cooking) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

In the Russian teacake recipes I have seen, there are four main ingredients: flour butter nuts powdered sugar If you cannot get your cookies to bind, you need to add more butter (the only ingredient with moisture). If you are refrigerating your dough, make sure to cover it so it does not dry out.

Full answer by mattm: https://cooking.stackexchange.com/a/94944 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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