Winter Wonderland Snowballs with variations

These cookies are also called tea cakes. I love these cookies, very rich and buttery!

• Ready In: 34 mins
• Yields: 48 snowballs

Ingredients

• Snowballs

• 1  cup butter, softened
• 1⁄2 cup powdered sugar
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 3⁄4 cup  finely chopped  nuts
•  powdered sugar

Directions

1. Peppermint Snowballs: Crush 3/4 cup hard peppermint candies in food processor or blender.
2. Stir in 1/4 cup of the crushed candies with the flour; reserve remaining candy.
3. Bake as directed.
4. Immediately roll baked cookies in powdered sugar; wait 10 minutes, then roll in reserved crushed candy.
5. Reroll if desired.
6. Lemon Snowballs: Substitute lemon extract for vanilla.
7. For more lemon zing, add 1 tsp grated lemon peel.
8. Crush 1/2 cup Lemon Drop candies in food processor or blender.
9. Stir in 1/4 cup crushed candies with flour; reserve remaining candy.
10. Bake as directed.
11. Immediately roll cookies in powdered sugar; wait 10 minutes, then roll in reserved crushed candy.
12. Reroll if desired. Heat oven at 400 degrees.
13. In large mixing bowl, combine butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, and vanilla. Beat at medium speed.
14. Add flour and salt.
15. Stir in chopped nuts.
16. Shape dough into 1 inch balls.
17. Put cookies on ungreased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
18. Bake 8-9 minutes-- until set-- do not brown!
19. Immediately roll cookies in powdered sugar, and cool on wire rack.
20. Roll in powdered sugar again after about 10 minutes.