Home Baked Holidays: Snowball Cookies
by Nov 30th, 2010 // Desserts, Giveaway, Holiday, Recipes
Home Baked Holidays: Snowball Cookies
Perhaps you know them as Russian Tea Cakes? Or maybe you call them Mexican Wedding Cookies? Or are they Pecan Fingers? We call them Snowball Cookies and we can’t get enough of them during the holiday season.
I asked my friend, Susan, who is a professional cookie maker to come over and help us make these cookies because no one makes them better than Susan. (She has the best Christmas cookie recipes on the planet!)
My kid took the concept a little too far and immediately formed a snowball sized cookie and asked if he could throw it. Hmmm… let me think about it. No!
He was just as happy getting “snow” everywhere. It’s pretty dangerous letting a little guy loose with powdered sugar but we had fun.
And for the package we wanted to say “Happy Holidays” in 8 different languages. How cute would these look all lined up on a table when guests arrive at your holiday party? It’s such a festive and fun package to take home at the end of the night. Note: because of the powdered sugar you should pop your cookies in a clear cellophane bag before you put them in the box.
You can download the high rez file of all the tags we made here. We suggest either printing them up as stickers or simply print them on glossy paper and use double sided tape to affix them. Here’s a little language decoder:
In French: Joyeuses Fêtes!
In Swedish: Trevlig Helg!
In Italian: Buone Feste!
In German: Forhe Feiertage
In Dutch: Prettige feestdagen
In Gaelic: Beannachtaí na Féile
In Spanish: Felices Fiestas!
Disclaimer: If any of the above aren’t correct, I humbly apologize. I blame the internet. Now for the recipe…
Snowball Cookie Recipe
adapted from Betty Crocker
Prep Time: 1 hour Cooking Time: 10 to 10 mins
Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
3/4 cup finely chopped nuts
1/4 teaspoon salt
Powdered sugar
Preheat oven 360 degrees. Mix butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and vanilla in mixer. Stir in flour, nuts and salt until dough holds together.
Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or up to 24 hours. When ready to bake, shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place about 1 inch apart on parchment-lined cookie sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes or until set but not brown. The best way to tell if they are done is to pick one up and see if it’s slightly brown. Remove from cookie sheet and cool slightly on wire rack. Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar. Then, do a second coat by sifting powdered sugar over cookies. Makes 2 1/2 dozen cookies.
PS: if you don’t want to make them yourself and you live in LA, contact Susan. She will even package them up! Her email address is: susie3424 {at} hotmail {dot} com.
I love these cookies, but when I tell people they are russian tea cookies they look at me funny! They call them snowballs. To me snowballs are the anise flavored cookies with the icing on them. When I ask the name of them, they say "snowballs". How many cookies can you have with the name snowball, LOL. My husband's family amazes me!!
I love your packaging idea for this holiday baking favorite.
The holidays just aren't the same without a good dollop of powdered sugared buttery goodness! Thank you so much for this recipe and for not confusing them with pfeffernuesse (which look exactly the same but have anise/licorice in them)!!
what a great idea for my daughter's preschool teachers!
My absolute favorite holiday cookie. I always make them for cookie exchanges because they are so easy and fun to make in bulk. Can't wait to put them in the happy holiday boxes this year!
How fun! I love the box you used for the cookies. Yum!
I would love some of these right now!!!
We make snowballs every year. They are the best!
My mom made these every Christmas and they are a favorite!
You know, I was thinking that I was going to skip making these this year, but now I definitely must! I like them in Almond (and often as crescents). Drool.
I love these cookies, they are one of my favorites!
I love how these cookies just melt in your mouth and the labels are unbelievably cute!
My Mom made these every year….ahhh, Memories!
the best thing next to having a friend like susan, is having a blog like this one to entertain and inspire me!!
happy snowball throwing (and eating! lol!)
I've never had these before, but they look so good!
these are probably one of my favorite cookies. I also love to roll them in melted chocolate. my grandmother used to do them as smaller balls and then we'd do some in chocolate, some in sugar and some just plain. perhaps I should just go ahead and make these for my upcoming cookie exchange….
Yummy! And the labels are really cute! I make something similar to these with cocoa powder. And I roll them in powdered sugar before baking, so that when they come out, they look like they're covered in crackle paint.
hey look so yummy. love the box and tags. to cute
i always forget to make these around the holidays. so yummy!
love your site!
These look so yummy! Don't seem too difficult either. Will have to add to my holiday baking to-do list!
These are my favorite holiday cookies! I definitely want to make them with my daughter!
thanks for sharing, love these
my mom makes somthing like these and we call them orgasmic nut balls- seriously. that good. hahaha were a little nutty! beautiful stickers!
Yes ….pecans !! they look great….can you make choc. balls with a confectioneet sugar topping
yep, pecan fingers! My mom made these every year when I was growing up.
Those look great! I love everything I've seen on your blog, and I wish I had discovered it sooner. I'm an avid baker, so I can't wait to come back for ideas!!!
Love these cookies! Can you use any kind of nut you like? The recipe doesn't specify…
Oh I'v always heard about these but never tried them, they look really good though
sorry to say, but the template in dutch is wrong: it says 'prettige festdagen' when it should be 'prettige feestdagen'. You dit write it correct in the list in your post though! love the box!
ah, my spelling isn't too good either :))
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hello,
in german it is “frohe Feiertage” not “forhe”
or better “fröhliche Weihnachten”(for “Merry Christmas”)
Maja
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