Snowballs (Italian wedding cookies)
Snowballs (Italian wedding cookies)

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, snowballs (italian wedding cookies). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Snowball cookies are a classic holiday treat, dusted with powdered sugar and packed with pecans. These cookies are also commonly referred to as Mexican wedding cookies, Russian tea cakes, Italian Wedding Cookies, snowdrops or pecan butter balls. Snowball cookies are the most common way to refer to them because they look like balls of snow. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Snowballs (Italian wedding cookies) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Snowballs (Italian wedding cookies) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have snowballs (italian wedding cookies) using 7 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Snowballs (Italian wedding cookies):
  1. Prepare 1 1/2 cups room temp butter
  2. Get 2/3 cup powdered sugar
  3. Prepare 1 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans(use your nut of choice)
  4. Prepare 2 tsp vanilla
  5. Get 1/2 tsp salt
  6. Make ready 3 cups all purpose flour
  7. Get 1/3 cup powdered sugar for rolling

Some of the common names for these delicious balls of pure bliss are, Russian Tea Cakes, Mexican Wedding Cookies, Italian Wedding Cookies, snowdrops, butter balls or more specifically pecan butter balls. The name that I think is most fitting is for them is Snowball Cookies, simply put because they look like little snowballs of course. Mix in the flour, pecans, and salt. Loaded with walnuts & hazelnuts then coated in powder sugar like a snowball.

Steps to make Snowballs (Italian wedding cookies):
  1. Preheat oven to 325. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. But butter til light and add 2/3 cup powdered sugar. Beat well. Add nuts, salt, and vanilla and beat well.
  2. Add flour a cup at a time and mix until well combined. I use a small cookie scoop. Roll into 1-2 inch balls and place on parchment. Bake 15 minutes, no browning. Let cool a minute or two then roll in powdered sugar. Easy peasy.

Mix in the flour, pecans, and salt. Loaded with walnuts & hazelnuts then coated in powder sugar like a snowball. Snowball Cookies, or more traditionally known as Italian Wedding Cookies… these are a must on a dessert table, for Christmas cookie exchanges and to bake and ship to friends. And a must make all winter long! These are easy to make and the kids can help because they don't need to be perfect at all.

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