Wedding Cookies (Snowballs, Russian Tea Cakes)

Submitted by Seasoned Cook

"POPULAR cookies at parties, weddings or on a cookie tray. They melt in your mouth! Very impressive and addictive! I have been making these cookies for 45 years. These are also the same cookies that our dear "Meme" calls butter balls. Yield is approximate as it depends on how large you form each cookie. I have never known anyone to not like this cookie! I have always used real butter for this recipe."

 

• Ready In: 27mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 30 cookies

ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1⁄2 cup powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
• 3⁄4 cup pecans, chopped
• powdered sugar, for rolling

directions

1. Blend softened butter with powdered sugar. Add vanilla.
2. Mix in salt, baking powder, flour and chopped pecans.
3. Form dough into 1 inch balls or flattened cookies and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
4. Bake in a 325 degree oven for 12 minutes, until firm but not brown. While hot roll in powdered sugar. Let cool and roll again in powdered sugar.

Reviews

[jpc02043]

I followed the directions, but my cookies fell. They are not nice little round balls, but more wafer shaped. They taste fine, but are wrong shape.

 

[DRodgers61]

Made these for a co-worker's birthday - everybody loved them and they went quickly! I'm making more now for another co-worker who requested a couple of dozen for himself! Thank you!

 

[Cyndi L.]

Just made this cookie. It is awesome. So easy, so quick sooo good!! Melts in your melt (no kidding). I have fell in love with this 'new to me' cookie!!

 

[violinist4christ]

I love love love these cookies and this recipe is sooooo wonderful!!!! Thank you for posting this recipe it is so good!

 

[Chrissy Sweettooth]

FABULOUS!!!! So tasty and buttery! These actually made more than 30, I got an astounding 36 cookies!!! I love them!