The nuts ruined Christmas.

[Baitball Blogger]

Very disappointed. I made 100 Russian tea cakes over Christmas for gift giving and Christmas parties and only tasted a few to make sure I had the recipe right. I did change recipes to one that had less flour and I thought I hit the right balance. Two cups of flour, for anyone who is interested, and not a fraction more. And make sure the butter is completely at room temperature.

Okay, the nuts. On the last batch when we were down to a dozen cookies, I took a bite out of one and my teeth rammed down on a nutshell. Ouch! I dreaded to think that was the kind of experience that others would have.

I use Mariana Chopped Walnuts from Publix to begin with and chop them down some more to get them to the right size for the recipe. I was hoping it was a fluke, but I sprinkled some nuts straight out of the bag this morning for my oat meal, and bam. There it was again.

Is there a better brand out there to use for higher quality? Though, seriously, we have been using Mariana Chopped Walnuts for years for our oatmeal and never had a problem. Could it have been that one bag?

[Walleye]

1. I get my chop nuts from the grocery store in a plastic container. I'm very careful when we get down

get down to the crumbs in the bottom of the container. When I was a kid I broke a molar on a Brazil nut shell. Extremely painful

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Good tip. So I'll shake the bag and scoop from the top.

[Walleye]

3. Works for me. I've never forgotten the pain of breaking that tooth

[WhiteTara]

4. fischers

[Luciferous]

5. I'll second this, that's what I always use and I've never had a problem.

[WhiteTara]

6. I use their walnuts too.

[hippywife]

7. Same.

But I think it never hurts to give them the once over.

[Vinca]

8. I thought you meant right wing members of your family.