Recipe for Snowball Cookies
Mexican Wedding Cookies or Russian Tea Cookies

This is a recipe for snowball cookies. Snowball cookies are also known under the name Mexican Wedding Cookies or Russian Tea Cookies.

There are dainty and melt in your mouth. They have a very good flavor and texture. Snowballs are bite size and are delicately coated with sugar. Their name is due to their shape and their color. They do look like snowballs!

Snowballs are quite popular around Christmas and for tea parties.

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Snowball Cookies: Ingredients

1 cup of butter, softened - no substitute!

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1/4 tsp. of salt

1 tsp. of vanilla extract

2 TBs. of milk

2 1/4 cups of all-purpose flour

1 cup of very finely chopped pecans

1/2 to 1 cup of additional powdered sugar for coating

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Snowball Cookies: Method

In a bowl - or a stand mixer - cream the butter with the powdered sugar and the vanilla extract.

Add the flour, nuts and salt. Mix well until it forms a soft dough.

Roll some of the dough between your hand until you have little balls about 1 inch in diameter. Place each ball on an UNgreased cookie sheet.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 15 minutes.

Note: Remember that it is better for you to undercook those snowball cookies rather than overcook them. If they are overcooked, they will be dry.

While the snowball cookies are still warm roll them into the powdered sugar.

Note: I use a small Ziplock bag for this purpose. I place the sugar in the bag and a couple snowballs at a time, then I gently roll them in the sugar. When well coated, place them on a dish.