Straight out of Nana's recipe book, these "nut balls" are the same soft, buttery, melt-in-your-mouth teacakes found all over the world at Christmastime.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Italian, Mexican, Russian
Keyword mexican wedding cookies, russian tea cakes, snowball cookies
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Total Time 40 minutesminutes
Servings 24cookies
Calories 145kcal
Author Erica
Ingredients
1cupunsalted buttersoftened
½cuppowdered sugar
2 ¼cupsall-purpose floursifted
¼teaspoonsalt
1teaspoonvanilla
⅔cupnutschopped (walnuts, pecans)
Powdered sugarfor garnishing
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine butter, powdered sugar, flour, salt, and vanilla in a large bowl and mix together with a wooden spoon. When mixture begins to come together, add nuts and continue mixing.
Shape into ¾-1-inch balls and place at least an inch apart on baking sheets (these cookies don't spread much). Bake for 25-30 minutes, until light golden brown.
Allow cookies to cool to room temperature, then roll in powdered sugar.