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Chop vanilla bean.
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Pound it in a mortar or pulverize it in an electric blender with about one tablespoon of the confectioner's sugar.
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Mix with the remaining confectioners' sugar.
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Cover and let stand, preferably overnight.
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Reserve while cookies are baked.
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Cut walnuts with a sharp knife into very small pieces.
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Pound the pieces to a paste, using mortar and pestle.
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With a wooden spoon or the fingers, mix walnuts, butter, granulated sugar and flour to a smooth dough.
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Shape dough, about a teaspoon at a time, into small crescents about one and a half inches in diameter.
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Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet until lightly browned, or 15 to 18 minutes.
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Cool one minute.
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While still warm, roll cookies in prepared vanilla sugar.
