Snowball Cookies, Russian Tea Cake Cookies, or Mexican Wedding Cakes are a buttery melt in your mouth easy Christmas Cookie recipe. They are one of the easiest Christmas Cookie recipes to make and always get devoured.
Other favorite Christmas and holiday cookies include Lemon Snowball Cookies, Peanut Butter Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies, and Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate Cookies.
One of our all time favorite Christmas Cookies that are super easy to make are these Snowball Cookie recipe.
They are super butter, sugary, and a little crumbly as you bite into them. They sort of melt in your mouth as you eat them.
I like to add chopped nuts, but of course that's complete optional.
Over the years I've learned they go by quite a few names including Russian Wedding Cakes, Mexican Wedding Cakes, Butterballs and of course Snowballs. The last being that they are pure buttery sugary goodness.
Whatever you call them really doesn't matter as long as they get in my belly!
Cream together:
- 1 cup Softened Butter
- 1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
Until smooth and Creamy. Scrape sides of bowl well.
Add:
- 2 cups All-Purpose Flour
Add 1/2 cup Chopped Nuts and mix until evenly distributed.
Drop dough by tablespoon that is rolled into balls or using a cookie scoop onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake for 12 minutes or until no longer soft when top is touched. Allow to cool on the cookie sheet.
Dust cookies with powdered sugar when cool and remove to a sealed container for storage.
You might love these other favorite Christmas Cookies:
- Triple Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies
- Flourless Brownie Peanut Butter Swirl Cookies
- Soft Chewy Lemon Cookies
- Orange Cranberry Pistachio Shortbread Cookies
- Sugar Cookies Recipe
- Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
- Double Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies
- Quick S'mores Cookie Bars
Yield: 20
Snowball Cookies
Snowball Cookies or also known as Russian Tea Cake Cookies are a buttery melt in your mouth easy Christmas Cookie recipe. They are one of the easiest Christmas Cookie recipes to make and always get devoured.
Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 12 MinTotal time: 22 Min
Ingredients
- 1 cup Butter, Softened
- 1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Vanilla
- 2 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1/2 cup Nuts, Chopped ( Optional, I use walnuts or pecans)
- Additional Powdered Sugar For Dusting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream butter, sugar and vanilla, until smooth and fully incorporated. Add Flour and nuts. Beat until fully incorporated and smooth.
- Drop dough by tablespoon that is rolled into balls or using a cookie scoop onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 12 minutes. Cookies are done when top is touched and cookie is no longer soft. Allow to cool on the cookie sheet.
- Dust with powdered sugar, and store in a sealed storage container.
Nutrition Facts
Calories
161Fat
11 gSat. Fat
6 gCarbs
13 gFiber
1 gNet carbs
13 gSugar
3 gProtein
2 gSodium
74 mgCholesterol
24 mgThe nutritional information and metric conversions are calculated automatically. I cannot guarantee the accuracy of this data. If this important to you, please verify with your favorite nutrition calculator and/or metric conversion tool.
©2011 Serena Bakes Simply From Scratch
5 comments
These russian tea cakes do sound special, being your oldest recipe, so sentimental. Love their shape, too and so Christmassy with the dusting of icing sugar!
These look awesome. I've never heard of Russian Tea Cakes. It looks so holiday special with the powdered sugar dusting
my mom always made these at Christmas :)
Any suggestions to replace the nuts? Allergic.
You can leave them out! Thanks, Serena
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