Description
Snowball Cookies, also known as Russian Tea Cakes or Mexican Wedding Cookies, are delightful, bite-sized confections that are perfect for the holiday season. These buttery, nutty cookies are rolled in powdered sugar, giving them a festive, snowball-like appearance.
Ingredients
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
½ cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 cup very finely chopped pecans
¼ teaspoon salt
⅓ cup powdered sugar, or more as needed
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Beat butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, and vanilla with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Gradually mix in flour, pecans, and salt until completely incorporated. Roll dough into walnut-sized balls and place 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
Bake in the preheated oven until bottoms are light golden brown but tops are still pale, 12 to 15 minutes. (Try not to let cookies get too brown: it’s better to undercook them than to overcook them.)
Remove cookies from the oven and let sit on the baking sheets briefly before removing to wire racks.
Place 1/3 cup powdered sugar in a shallow bowl; roll hot cookies in sugar to coat, then return to the wire racks to cool. Once cooled, roll cookies in the powdered sugar once more.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: International
Nutrition
- Calories: 90
- Sugar: 4g
- Sodium: 30mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Carbohydrates: 9g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 10mg