Snowball Cookies (aka Mexican Wedding Cakes or Russian Tea Cakes), are little balls of yummy buttery shortbread with pecans, coated with powdered sugar.
Category:
Cookies
Cuisine:
American
Keyword:
snowball cookies
Servings: 60(approx.)
Calories Per Serving: 67kcal
Author: JB @ The Grateful Girl Cooks!
Ingredients
For cookies:
1cupbutter(2 cubes, room temperature)
1/3cupgranulated sugar
2teaspoonswater
2teaspoonsvanilla
2cupsall-purpose flour
1cupnuts(walnuts or pecans), chopped
For Topping:
1cupconfectioner's sugar(powdered) to roll the baked cookies in when done
Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar together for several minutes until thoroughly mixed. Add the water and vanilla, and mix together. Slowly add the flour (the dough will become very thick). Stir in the nuts.
Cover the dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2-3 hours in refrigerator.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Remove dough from refrigerator. Spoon out and roll dough in your hands to make 1" round cookie dough balls.
Bake snowballs on un-greased baking sheets for 15-20 minutes at 325 degrees, or until just slightly browned. Remove cookies from oven; let cool just a minute, then carefully roll each cookie in a bowl of powdered sugar, to cover. Cool on a wire rack. Once cool, coat them a second time with the powdered sugar, if desired. That's it!
Recipe Notes
The prep time indicated is not active prep time. The cookies take only a few minutes to prepare, then dough must be refrigerated (inactive prep time) for a couple hours.
Nutrition Facts
Snowball Cookies
Amount Per Serving (1 cookie)
Calories 67Calories from Fat 36
% Daily Value*
Fat 4g6%
Saturated Fat 2g13%
Cholesterol 8mg3%
Sodium 27mg1%
Potassium 13mg0%
Carbohydrates 6g2%
Sugar 3g3%
Vitamin A 95IU2%
Calcium 3mg0%
Iron 0.3mg2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.